India lost all their three matches and without scoring any goal in the Asian Cup.
Israel launched missile strikes against Tehran during early hours on Friday (local time), ABC News reported citing a senior United States official.
Helicopter gunships and tanks of the Syrian government are believed to have killed as many as 200 villagers in the country's Hama province, making it the 'worst massacre' since the uprisings began more than a year ago to oust President Basshar al-Assad.
The evening meal held at the end of each day's Ramzan fast at sunset, Iftar, was organised by the Adaleh Foundation, a Syrian humanitarian organisation created in 2012.
Toughening their stand on Syria, Britain and Australia on Tuesday announced expulsion of the country's diplomats in the wake of the recent massacre of children and women at Houla, describing the killing of 108 people there as "sickening" and "hideous".
The United States has said that it has given up trying to work with the United Nations Security Council on Syria, holding Russia responsible for preventing the world body from protecting security of Syrian people.
The council was briefed on Sunday in a closed-door session by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous as well as via video-link by Gen Robert Mood, head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria, on the killings that took place on May 25 and in the early hours of May 26 of a reported 108 civilians, including over 30 children.
The haunting images of four-year-old Omran, sitting in an ambulance after the attack, have reverberated around the world, becoming a symbol for the suffering of children in Syria.
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie visited Syrian refugees in Lebanon as part of a regional tour to draw attention to their plight.
India voted in favour of a resolution that condemns Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
United States President Barack Obama has accused his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al-Assad's government of "unspeakable assault" on civilians and asked him to step down to allow a democratic transition immediately.
In a major development, US House of Representatives has voted to train and arm Syrian rebels so that they can take on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a designated foreign terrorist organisation.
Bana Alabed's tweets from war-torn Syria made a world numbed by the violence care again.
A new Unicef report reveals that more than 650 children died as military conflicts and political games in the embattled country waged on for the sixth year.
Condemning the violence against protesters, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked the Syrian government to allow free access and movement, and begin a serious political process.
Rediff.com brings forth some photographs of the latest violence in war-torn Syria.
India has asked the international community to send a united message to the Syrian parties to give up their military approach, emphasising that further militarisation of the conflict will make a political solution more difficult and worsen the humanitarian crisis.
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned the Syrian government's violent crackdown on civilians demanding democratic reforms and widespread human rights violations, saying those responsible for the atrocities should be held "accountable."
Syria's Olympic Committee is sending seven athletes to compete in Rio this month, in athletics, swimming, judo, table tennis and weightlifting.
The Israel Defence Forces on Wednesday said that it struck several Syrian military targets after rockets were fired from Syria toward Israeli communities in the Golan Heights.
The cost of deposits is on the rise, but banks can't raise interest rate on close to 60% of their loan books, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Arvind Bhat, on a comeback trail after a long injury-induced lay-off, won another satellite badminton series, this time in the Syrian capital of Damascus.
The debate over whether to allow Syrian refugees to settle in the United States took a dark twist after a leading presidential candidate likened those fleeing the violence in the Middle East to "rabid dogs".
With 2 million refugees fleeing Syria, half of which are children, the civil war-torn country has seen a nine-fold increase in that number in the last 12 months, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. And this is with no sign of the outflow ending soon.
Remember the heartbreaking image of the dead 3-year-old boy washed up on a beach?
Two explosions rocked Damascus on Thursday morning during rush hour, killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds. The government said that the blasts had been orchestrated by "terrorists" though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
Khamenei, who has the last word on all state matters and is also the commander in chief of the armed forces, instructed military commanders from the Revolutionary Guards and the army to prepare plans for both an attack and a defence in case the war expands and Israel or the US strike Iran, the officials said.
37-year-old Hassan Al Kontar has finally been granted asylum in Canada where he will begin his new life.
The United Nations has invited Iran to attend crucial Syria peace talks after it pledged to play a "positive and constructive role" but the surprise move provoked a pull-out threat from the Syrian opposition and caution from the US.
'Israel is counting on the United States to enter the fray on their behalf and perform destructive strikes against these targets that are beyond Israel's conventional capabilities.' 'They may well get their way if they start a war, because the United States is still committed to Israel's security, and it won't matter whether it is Trump or Harris in the White House.'
Mementos from the soccer world that brought Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen to Spain are strewn around the flat he shares with two of his sons, including a ball signed by Real Madrid's star players and a banner for the local team, Getafe.
India coach Bob Houghton said the crucial Nehru Cup football match against the West Asian will be a real assessment of his team.
As the crisis in Syria worsens, India has asked all parties in the troubled nation to dissociate themselves from terrorist groups, which it said are exploiting the increasingly militarised conflict.
Iran's controversial nuclear programme and Syrian crisis dominated the opening day of 16th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement here today, with India calling for 'coordinated global action' to deal with proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and international terrorism.
In a sharp contrast to the United States position, India on Tuesday disfavoured any "military solution" to resolve the Syrian conflict and said it will prefer to await the full results of the United Nations probe into the Syrian government's apparent use of chemical weapons that killed thousands of people.
A Syrian amputee swimmer ran with the Olympic flame through a refugee camp in Athens on Tuesday to highlight the plight of the million people who fled their homes for Europe since last year.
The Red Cross had previously designated Idlib, Homs and Hama as war zones, but the change in status means international humanitarian law applies wherever fighting occurs throughout the country.
Every Saturday, Alex Assali cooks hot meals, which he distributes free to the homeless outside Berlin's Alexanderplatz station.
Khateeb was scheduled to arrive on Saturday in Los Angeles on a Turkish Airlines flight departing from Istanbul. But his plans have been upended after US officials reported finding "derogatory information" regarding Khateeb.
