A Japanese journalist kidnapped in Syria more than three years ago is believed to have been released, the government said Tuesday.

The outgoing U.N. envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, will arrive in Damascus on Wednesday for a visit aimed at convincing the government to accept the creation of a committee to draft a post-war constitution, the world body said.

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager in a border clash on Tuesday, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said in a statement.

An Israeli cabinet minister on Tuesday assured major churches in Jerusalem that Israel is not seeking to expropriate their properties.

The driver of a passenger train that derailed killing seven people and injuring 125 in Morocco a week ago was charged Tuesday with involuntary homicide, a prosecutor said.

Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Tuesday with the two sons of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi and offered them condolences over their father's violent death at the hands of Saudi officials, Saudi state news agency SPA said.

Earlier on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia's cabinet said it would hold accountable all those behind Khashoggi's murder "no matter who they may be."

Saudi Arabia is in "crisis" in the face of international outrage over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said Tuesday at an investment summit boycotted by a host of global CEOs and policymakers.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said that the "savage murder" of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul was meticulously planned, demanding that all those linked to the killing face punishment.

Erdogan had promised that his speech in Ankara would give the "naked truth" about the killing and he gave a host of new details while still saying Turkey wanted answers to key questions, including who gave the orders.

The Palestinian security forces "systematically" abuse and torture prisoners in what could amount to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

Syria's Kurds are holding hundreds of alleged foreign fighters from the Islamic State group, but say they will not try them and have urged their home countries to repatriate them.