
SYRIA
Kurds retake road near Syria’s Tel Abyad
Syrian Kurdish fighters seize control of a major road to the border town of Tel Abyad.

Syrian Kurdish fighters seize control of a major road to the border town of Tel Abyad.

US President Barack Obama is fighting to persuade Congress to pass a bill that would expand trade between the US and Pacific rim countries.

The CIA has broken limits set in the agency's human-experimentation guidelines during torture of terrorism suspects, a document shows.

Global stocks have fallen after aid-for-austerity talks between Greece and its creditors collapsed.

The UN says the UK has an incoherent approach to dealing with domestic violence.

Spain's foreign minister says Greece runs a 'real risk' of quitting eurozone.

Pope Francis accepts the resignation of two US bishops who helped cover up a sex abuse scandal.

Those suffering from eating disorders in Britain risk lives as they wait up to three years for NHS treatment.

Two assailants attack separate locations in the northeastern Nigeria Yobe state, killing 10 people.

An Iranian official arrives in Saudi Arabia to attend OIC talks on Yemen.

Israel blocks the UN rights envoy from Gaza as the world body is to report on the Israeli war.

A new poll shows nearly half of Brits are against receiving more refugees.

A Saudi food producer’s domination of the Iranian market for a basic staple is raising hackles in the Persian country, forcing the company’s local partners to deny rumors that it was linked to ISIL terrorists.

At least 23 people are killed and more than 100 others wounded in bomb attacks against two police buildings in N'Djamena, Chad.

Iraq's prime minister is to travel to Tehran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials.

Over 7,000 people in Japan seek compensation for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls for a two-week humanitarian pause in war-ravaged Yemen during the fasting month of Ramadan.

Britain’s largest public sector union has warned of a long conflict with what it calls the hostile Tory government.