(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian regime and negotiation committee via Russian mediation agreed that rebels will evacuate Mouadammiya town in Damascus, activists said. The move 10 days after the evacuation of sister town Daraya, one of the longest-standing of the uprising against Bashar al-Assad....

Explosions in government-controlled areas of Syria and a province held by Kurdish militia killed dozens on Monday, while the United States and Russia failed to make concrete progress towards a ceasefire. Six explosions hit west of the capital Damascus, in the government-held cities of Homs...

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a longer-than-expected discussion on Monday about whether, and how, they could agree on a ceasefire deal in war-torn Syria, a senior U.S. administration official said. Obama and Putin spent about 90 minutes in a "constructive"...

Britain's Barclays (BARC.L) has hired JPMorgan (JPM.N) banker Tim Throsby to head its Corporate and International division, ending a six-month search for the number two job under Chief Executive Jes Staley. Throsby, 50, will also run Barclays' investment banking business within that...