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Lufthansa urges pilots union to return to pay talks

German pilots union VC should resume talks with Lufthansa to find a compromise over a long-running pay dispute rather than repeatedly going on strike, a board member at the airline told a German weekly. Lufthansa cancelled nearly 2,800 flights during a four-day strike from Wednesday that...

UN Yemen envoy in new bid for peace

(The Daily Star)- The U.N. envoy for Yemen announced a new bid for peace talks between the government and rebels, after the latest cease-fire failed to bring an end the 20-month conflict. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said he was heading to Riyadh and Kuwait "to prepare for a new round" of talks,...

Israel kills 4 ISIS-linked gunmen in Golan

Israeli forces killed four gunmen belonging to an ISIS affiliate in Syria who had opened fire on soldiers in the occupied Golan Heights Sunday, a military spokesman said. Spokesman Peter Lerner told AFP the Israeli soldiers were targeted with machinegun fire and mortars and replied with...

More than 400 civilians flee east Aleppo

 More than 400 Syrian civilians have fled rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo for the government-controlled west as government forces advance in the city, activists said Sunday. The civilians fled overnight to the Masaken Hanano district and were taken to government-controlled areas,...