Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif postponed his planned visit Tuesday to Turkey where he was to hold talks on the Syrian conflict and other regional issues with his Turkish counterpart. Source The Wall Street Journal
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has found a benefactor to help pull Turkey from the brink of a financial crisis as Qatar promised to invest $15 billion in the country. Source: Bloomberg
Taliban fighters overran an army base in northern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, killing at least 17 soldiers with dozens feared captured in a stinging blow to security forces already struggling to push insurgents from eastern Ghazni. Source: Agence France Presse
An Afghan asylum-seeker was arrested after launching a drunken and frenzied knife attack in the sleepy southwestern French town of Perigueux, injuring four people including one seriously, police said Tuesday. Source: The Local
