UN okays accreditation for Palestinian Return CentreIsrael accuses the organisation is affiliated with Hamas and "openly promotes terrorism".
Syrian forces, Kurds unite against DaeshThe capital of Hasakeh province has been spared much of the violence of Syria's conflict, and control of the city has been shared between Kurdish and regime forces for several years now.
Pentagon chief Carter in Israel seeks deeper military tiesCarter is scheduled to meet with Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon on Monday and with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday
UN endorses Iran deal as hardliners say resolution unacceptableThe UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday endorsing the deal, which relieves Iran of sanctions and ensures it retains a nuclear fuel cycle but also retains an arms embargo and ban on ballistic missile technology.
Yemen death toll from rebel shelling doubles to nearly 100The rebels and their allies started shelling the town of Dar Saad on Sunday, after losing control of some of Aden's neighbourhoods.
27 dead in 'terrorist attack' in Turkey border town: MinistryNearly 100 people were injured and treated in hospitals in the region.
Syria regime, Kurds join to fight Daesh in HasakehAlthough the two forces are fighting in different parts of the northeastern city, where control is divided between the Kurds and the government, both are necessary to defeat the extremists.
Two 4,000-year-old reliefs discovered in EgyptThe first relief has a cartouche containing the name of the Pharaoh Amenemhat IV.
Militants kill 5 at military checkpoints in Egypt's SinaiEgyptian security officials said militants launched the attacks on two checkpoints using rocket-propelled grenades.