Representatives of Syria’s warring sides sat just meters apart in separate rooms at U.N. peace talks on Thursday, but mediator Staffan de Mistura stopped short of bringing them together in what diplomats had hoped might be a minor breakthrough. Previous rounds of talks have gone...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's Kurdish National Council (KNC) on Thursday has handed over two letters to the U.N Envoy to Syria and to the head of the opposition demanding  a constitutional recognition of the rights of "the Kurdish people, senior Kurdish officials said. Abdul Karim...

 Australia’s football association failed to pass a vote to secure reforms demanded by FIFA at an annual general meeting on Thursday, paving the way for the global body to take over the governance of soccer in the country. Football Federation Australia (FFA) said it had fallen...

Much has changed since Syria’s warring sides met for the last round of U.N.-brokered talks in Geneva last summer. The Islamic State group has been defeated in all its major strongholds, rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad have been significantly weakened and Russia, Iran,...