Several thousand militants armed with heavy weaponry and armored vehicles are preparing for an offensive on the Syrian provinces of Hama and Aleppo, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced on Sunday that she would be resigning from her position, days after she failed to secure the majority in the Liberal party vote to become Australia's next prime minister.

John McCain, prisoner of war, presidential candidate and one of the most influential American politicians of his generation, died after suffering from brain cancer.

Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees rallied in Bangladesh, calling for justice on the anniversary of Myanmar’s deadly crackdown on the persecuted ethnic minority group.

South Korea on Saturday called the US decision to call off a trip to North Korea by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unfortunate and said that continued diplomacy was most crucial in resolving the nuclear standoff with Pyongyang.

In a move that was entirely predictable, the US administration is once again threatening to bomb Syria if there is a “chemical weapons attack”.

The Syrian Army continued mop-up operation in Southeastern Deir Ezzur on Saturday, and discovered several ISIL depots of arms and ammunition made in western states.

Bagram Airfield, the largest US military base in Afghanistan, has been targeted by some rockets.Rocket attack rocks Bagram AirfieldThe attack was reportedly occurred on Friday night.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that a ‘great progress’ was made in the efforts to find a solution to the crisis in Syria.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that a group of militants trained by UK private military company Olive are preparing to stage a chemical attack in Syria's Idlib to frame Assad as using chemical weapons against civilians.