The Japanese government on Wednesday confirmed that a journalist kidnapped in Syria more than three years ago has been freed and is in Turkey.

Outgoing U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura met with Syria's top diplomat in Damascus on Wednesday, the U.N. and state media said, to try to make progress on a post-war constitution.

The EU must press for the full details in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and avoid any "trace of hypocrisy," European Council President Donald Tusk warned Wednesday.

In a speech to the European Parliament, Tusk said he expected EU member states and institutions to avoid any "ambiguous game" over the murder of a critic of Saudi Arabia, a major Western ally.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said Wednesday it had won a $777 million (680 million euro) order from India to buy defense systems for its navy.

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's "heinous murder" would have been unthinkable "without US backing," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday.

Turkish intelligence has shared "all the evidence" over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi with the CIA chief during a visit, pro-government media reported on Wednesday.

CIA Director Gina Haspel visited the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday for talks with officials about the killing of Washington Post contributor Khashoggi inside Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate. 

A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire during a clash with the army in the northern West Bank on Wednesday, the health ministry in Ramallah said.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince is scheduled to address an investment forum in Riyadh Wednesday, his first public speech since the murder of critic Jamal Khashoggi plunged the kingdom into crisis. 

US President Donald Trump charged Tuesday that a Saudi operation to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Riyadh's consulate in Istanbul had given rise to "one of the worst cover-ups" in history.

The United States announced Tuesday that it was revoking visas of nearly two dozen Saudi officials involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in the toughest action to date against its longtime ally.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States has "identified at least some of the individuals" behind the death of the Washington Post opinion writer in Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate.