The U.N.'s human rights office has stopped updating the death toll from Syria's civil war, confirming Tuesday that it can no longer verify the sources of information that led to its last count of at least 100,000 in late July. Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the U.N. Office...
Gunmen threw a bomb at a police vehicle in central Cairo on Tuesday, security sources said. The police car was also raked with gunfire with no details of casualties immediately available, Reuters reported, quoting security sources.
A well-informed source assured Turkish mediation to heal the rift within Syrian key opposition, National Coalition, after news of defecting more than 40 members. Zaman Alwasl source said the Turkish officials had canceled a press conference for the resigned members...