Over a dozen US military personnel have been punished over the deadly bombing of a medical facility in Afghanistan last year. The punishments, which have not been publicly announced, do not include criminal charges and are mainly administrative.

Russia has called for a probe on reports of massive human rights abuse against Kurdish people in south-eastern Turkey. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said any reports about largescale human rights abuse and violations of international humanitarian law must be investigated

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called on Egypt to ease restrictions on the Gaza Strip, as officials visit Cairo in a bid to amend strained relations.

A senior Israeli politician is calling for the disintegration of Jerusalem al-Quds in an attempt to Judaize the occupied Palestinian city. Isaac Herzog says Israel will lose the city if Palestinian-populated neighborhoods are not separated.

Iran has strongly rejected the recent UN report on the human rights situation in the country. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi-Ansari condemned the statement issued by UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed. Jaberi-Ansari says the report is politically motivated, discriminatory, and biased.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Israel to halt its latest act of land grab in the occupied West Bank as Tel Aviv announces the seizure of hundreds of hectares of land.

A bomb blast has rocked the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing more than a dozen people.

US tech giant Apple has slammed the US government for launching a legal fight to force it to break into an attacker's iPhone.

A bookshop in Paris’ Latin quarter will offer the opportunity to have any book from its collection printed in just a matter of minutes.

Russia has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria a day after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military pullout.