Reuters: Syrian government forces attack rebels near Aleppo, talks to convene
Syrian rebels fought back against an offensive by government forces near a supply route into the city of Aleppo on Monday and said there had been no letup in Russian air strikes, despite a promise of goodwill moves by Damascus to spur peace talks.
U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura was due later on Monday to meet Syrian opposition groups in Geneva, hoping to launch indirect peace talks after five years of war that has killed 250,000 people. A meeting with the government delegation was postponed because de Mistura had first to meet the opposition.
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MIDDLE EAST
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Saudis promise probe amid civilian casualty claims in Yemen. Saudi inquiry into war crime claims in Yemen inadequate, say rights groups.
Israeli military partially closes main Palestinian city.
Israel's Netanyahu warns Gaza militants against attacking.
ASIA
U.S. broadens fight against ISIS with attacks in Afghanistan.
Deadly suicide attack rocks Afghanistan's capital. Afghanistan attack: Kabul suicide bomber 'kills nine'.
Germany offers Afghanistan help to take back migrants.
North Korea says it's capable of making unlimited hydrogen bombs.
Myanmar opens new parliament session after military rule.
Nearly one million investors may have been fleeced in China’s latest Ponzi scheme.
China says U.S. seeks 'hegemony' after South China Sea sailing.
AFRICA
Boko Haram attack: Children burned alive in Nigeria.
Explosions near presidential palace in Somalia, many feared dead.
Isis in Libya is 'major risk to Europe', says French minister.
Africans to press Burundi to accept peacekeepers: diplomats.
South Sudan army accused of suffocating 50 civilians.
Egyptian Christian students stand trial for insulting Islam.
Oxfam: $1.9B in Ebola aid not delivered by donors.
EUROPE
Mob calls for assaults on foreigners in Sweden; clashes at UK migrant protests.
Migrant crisis: Finland PM Sipila halts plan to host refugees.
Ukraine's Poroshenko says sanctions against Russia must remain.
‘Wrong' Maidan: Ukraine demands that France’s Canal+ TV take hard-hitting documentary off air.
Chechnya's Kadyrov puts Putin critic Kasyanov in gunsights.
EU warns Britain any membership deal will be hard won.
EU, U.S. fail to strike data transfer pact deal by deadline.
AMERICAS
Democratic, GOP races tight as Iowa kicks off 2016 voting.
Official: Withheld Clinton emails contain 'operational' intel, put lives at risk.
WHO to hold emergency meeting Monday on Zika virus.
Jamaica Prime Minister calls early elections for Feb. 25.
El Salvador ex-leader Francisco Flores dies.
OAS joins efforts to rescue Haiti election process as clock ticks.
Guerrero state: '11 dead' at Mexico teen's birthday party.
Mexican police arrest members of Sinaloa cartel.
Guatemalan soldiers to answer civil war sexual slavery charges in historic trial.
Colombia's FARC rebels will enter politics, seek alliances: leader.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
ISIS threatens feds, military after theft of personal data.
ISIL 'wants its own navy for attacks on cruise ships in the Mediterranean'.
Syrian rebel splits deepen after failed 'merger' with al Qaeda arm.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Barclays and Credit Suisse are fined over US 'dark pools'.
US crude falls $2 on China data, slim hopes of OPEC deal.
Google expected to reveal global revenues grew by 11% to $72bn.
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