Turkey calls for departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad


1. Turkey has once against called for the departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

2. Israel has banned contact with Palestinian prisoners who went on hunger strike over a week ago.

3. The Israeli prime minister has cancelled talks with the visiting German Foreign Minister after he met pro-Palestinian groups critical of Tel Aviv's mistreatment of Palestinians.

4. Mexico says the US president’s planned wall along the border is a hostile act that would not accomplish anything.

5. Rohingya Muslims who have fled a military crackdown in Myanmar give harrowing accounts of their ordeal at the hands of government forces.

6. Another protester has died in Venezuela's rival pro and anti-government rallies bringing the death toll to 26.

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