The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on Friday to hear details of a US-Russian deal on Syria as it weighs whether to endorse the agreement, diplomats said. Council members will meet at 5:30 pm (2130 GMT) for the closed-door consultations called. Under the deal, all sides were ...
A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and wounded 35 others as they attended Friday prayers at a mosque in a northwestern Pakistani tribal area, officials said. The bombing took place in the village of Butmaina in the Mohmand tribal district bordering Afghanistan where the army has been fighting ...
