Geir Pedersen has announced that the Constitutional Committee will resume talks in an effort to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria.
A twin suicide bombing has struck Baghdad, killing at least six and wounding dozens of others.
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A child has been killed and tens of thousands of refugees in Lebanon and northern Syria are at risk as winter storms and floods hit makeshift camps.
The explosion was reported by some outlets as US airstrikes on Iran-backed militants in Iraq, prompting US CENTCOM to quickly clear air on the matter.
Mothers who come from countries that are on Trump's Muslim ban list are counting down the days until Joe Biden becomes president to see their children
The UAE has suspended a visa waiver agreement with Israel until July, citing coronavirus concerns.
Three Syrian soldiers were killed when gunmen attacked their outpost close to the demarcation line with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Five members of the pro-Assad Liwaa al-Quds Palestinian militia have been killed in clashes with the Islamic State extremist group in the Syrian desert near the town of Sukhna.
The new sanctions 'block the path to peace', Iran claims.