Foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western and Middle Eastern countries are meeting Syria's new foreign minister in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday at the first such regional meeting on Syria since President Bashar al-Assad was ousted last month.

The new administration's approach to governing must include "different groups" and women, and "no radicalization", the European Union's foreign-policy chief said.

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip whilst Israel insists details are still being finalised

European foreign ministers will meet on January 27 in Brussels to discuss easing sanctions on Syria, according to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. This comes after Syrias President Bashar al-Assad was ousted

European foreign ministers have agreed to meet at the end of January to discuss the possibility of lifting sanctions on Syria following a regional meeting in Ri

Kaja Kallas, the EU foreign policy chief, said the foreign ministers would convene in Brussels on Jan. 27 in an effort to decide how the 27-nation bloc would relax sanctions on Syria. Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) a month ago. The group has since set up a caretaker government in Damascus.

Nigeria has been admitted as a “partner country” of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, according to Brazil, the group’s chair. BRICS was formed by Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2009, with South Africa added in 2010,

At least 80 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza, it has been reported. A ceasefire and hostage return deal was reached on Wednesday, but has yet to be ratified by the Israeli parliament. According to authorities in Gaza, 81 people have been killed in the last 24 hours and 188 have been injured.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani held a series of bilateral meetings with Arab and foreign counterparts on Sunday during the Riyadh meetings on the situation in Syria following last month’s fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.

We are alongside allies, reviewing sanctions at the moment. I won't comment in detail on that, but I'm very, very clear: we want to see an inclusive government,' says Foreign Secretary Lammy

Hakan Fidan meets with UK foreign secretary, German, Egyptian, Syrian foreign ministers on sidelines of Riyadh meeting on Syria

Truce deal at closest point, says Qatar, as details of hostage release emerge - Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip whilst Israel insists details are still being fin