Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied media reports that Russia had drawn up a new constitution for his country and presented it to his government as part of international efforts to end the long conflict.
Turkey's incoming prime minister said on Sunday his top priority was to deliver a new constitution to create an executive presidency, giving President Tayyip Erdogan the broad powers he has long sought.
Nepal on Tuesday released a British tourist arrested for allegedly joining a protest against the country's new constitution, days after a Canadian's visa was revoked over his political tweets.
Protesters from southern Nepal scuffled with riot police in Kathmandu on Sunday when they took their campaign against the country's new constitution to the streets of the capital.
Nepal's embattled Prime Minister K.P. Oli will not resign after the main Maoist party that props up his fragile coalition said it would try to form a new government, plunging the Himalayan nation into crisis.
Nepal's former prime minister Sushil Koirala died in Kathmandu aged 77 after a bout of pneumonia, his doctor said.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who is pushing for executive powers, cites Hitler's Germany as an example of an effective presidential system.
