(BBC)- British and French officials have begun registering unaccompanied children in the Calais "Jungle" who are hoping to join relatives in Britain. A significant number of child refugees will arrive in the UK from the migrant camp within days, the BBC understands. The Children's...

Egyptian jets bombed Islamist militant targets for three hours on Saturday, one day after Islamic State guerrillas killed 12 soldiers in North Sinai province, the armed forces said in a statement. Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for the attack on a checkpoint 40 km (25 miles)...

(BBC)- New talks are set to start in Switzerland as the US and Russia try to broker another ceasefire in Syria. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov are meeting delegates from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Qatar in the city of Lausanne. Since the collapse of a...

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Saturday for more transparency in elections due in May following allegations of electoral fraud in the last polls. He also warned against any foreign funding and interference. State media carried election guidelines issued by...

(Bloomberg)- The Saudi-led coalition’s air attack on a funeral in Yemen’s capital Sana’a that killed more than 100 people this month was caused by wrong information provided by the Yemeni army, the Saudi-led investigation team said. A party affiliated to the Yemeni Presidency of the General...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three civilians have been killed and 16 more wounded in regime air strikes on the besieged northern countryside of Homs city, local reporter said Saturday. The regime fighter jets conducted 8 raids on the towns of Talbiseh, al-Ghanto, Um Sharshouh and al-Farhaniya. The...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that some actions in Syria come "very close to war crimes." Merkel said Saturday that the bombing of hospitals and underground facilities in Aleppo is "inhuman." She said: "I think we are very close to war crimes. Whether there are war crimes, the...

At least 11 people were killed in a suicide bombing that targeted Shias in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Saturday, according to a local police officer.  A bomber blew up his explosive vest inside a mourning tent in Baghdad’s northern al-Shaab district, Zahir al-Aaraji told Anadolu...

(Bloomberg)- Even a war as pitiless as Syria’s can have a low point. The battle for Aleppo has produced carnage, civilian suffering and, according to some, war crimes on a scale rarely surpassed in the five-year conflict. Backed by Russian airstrikes and militias supported by Iran, forces...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov returned to Syria talks on Saturday, three weeks after the failure of their painstakingly drafted ceasefire that many saw as the last hope for peace this year. Kerry has pointedly avoided new bilateral negotiations...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov returned to Syria talks on Saturday, three weeks after the failure of their painstakingly drafted ceasefire that many saw as the last hope for peace this year. Kerry has pointedly avoided new bilateral negotiations...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fastaqim Kama Umirt, key Syrian resistance faction, said Saturday its artillery detachment had targeted stronghold for Iran and Hezbollah Shiite militia in Aleppo city, killing 6 Iranian officers. The Union released a statement that its security office managed to identify the...

(Zaman al-Wasl) On Friday evening, in a unique occurrence, a military security patrol caught a truck in Sahl al-Ghab filled with ammunition and machine guns on its way to the Syrian resistance factions which the regime describes as ‘terrorist’. Beit Yashut’s Facebook page conveyed the details...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Zabadani's local council west of  Damascus, in statement, said the most recent batch of United Nations food rations delivered to residents remaining in the town contained rice “unsuitable for human or animal consumption.” The assistance was delivered on 25 September...

The Turkish army backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) began an attack on the ISIS-held village of Dabiq in northwestern Syria on Saturday, an opposition commander involved in the campaign and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. However, Turkish military sources said the operation to...

An enormous jade boulder that weighs up to 192 tons has been found in Myanmar’s restive Kachin State, officials said Saturday. The 174,600-kilogram raw jade stone was discovered in a gem-rich region of Hpakant Township in northern Kachin on Tuesday, according to an information ministry...

Leonardo DiCaprio has issued an impassioned call for immediate action on climate change in "Before the Flood", a documentary film making its European premiere in London on Saturday. The Hollywood megastar, who won this year's best actor Oscar for his role in "The Revenant", takes viewers...

(theguardian)- Two Britons who attempted to smuggle 13 Albanian men and a child across the Channel in a small motor boat have been jailed. The boat owner, Jonathan Bridgeman, 42, was sentenced at Lewes crown court to two-and-a-half years in prison for assisting unlawful immigration into the...

Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE), in another step to move past its costly diesel emissions cheating scandal, has agreed to pay $175 million to U.S. lawyers suing the German automaker on behalf of the owners of 475,000 polluting vehicles, two people briefed on the agreement said on Friday. In...

Libyan pro-government forces have advanced into another area in their battle to liberate Sirte from Islamic State in fighting that killed 14 of their troops, military officials and hospital sources said. After six months of fighting, backed by U.S. air strikes, Libyan forces allied with the...