TURKEY
Turkey hits 24 PKK targets in southeast
Turkey hits 24 targets in airstrikes against PKK positions in the southeast.
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RUSSIA
Preemption best way to fight terror: Putin
Vladimir Putin says the only correct way to fight international terrorism is to act preemptively.
EU
Finland halts asylum to Iraqis, Somalis
Finland temporarily freezes its decision-making on asylum claims by Iraqi and Somali citizens.
INDIA
India sentences 5 to death for 2006 blasts
An Indian court sentences five men to death over the 2006 Mumbai train blasts.
FOREIGN POLICY
Kerry warns Russia over Syria airstrikes
US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Russia after it carried out airstrikes against Daesh (ISIL) terrorists in Syria.
FOREIGN POLICY
VW admits defeat devices in UK cars
The scandal-hit German carmaker says almost 1.2m vehicles in the UK were fitted with defeat emissions device.
ECONOMY
British trade team due in Iran on Friday
Officials in London say a major British trade delegation will arrive in Iran on Friday for a four-day visit.
MILITARY
Russia launches airstrikes in Syria: US
A senior US official says Russia has carried out its first airstrikes in Syria.
SYRIA
‘Assad asked for Russia military aid in Syria’
Syria says Russia’s dispatch of air force to the Arab country comes at the request of President Bashar al-Assad.
CHINA
Multiple explosions kill 7 in China
Seven people are killed in 15 letter bomb blasts in southern China.
SOCIETY
UK police won’t enforce car smoking ban
UK police find it hard to immediately implement a new law banning smoking in private cars.
ECONOMY
Iran issues first Islamic treasury bills
Iran issues its first Islamic treasury bills in a bid to provide stimulus for its market and bring it out of stagnation.
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Saudi Arabia hits Yemen despite UN warning
Saudi Arabia continues its deadly military aggression against Yemen as the UN warns about the number of civilian casualties in the conflict.
FOREIGN POLICY
Trump backs Russia efforts to fight ISIL
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump says he supports Russian efforts to fight and destroy the Daesh terrorist network in the Middle East.
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OSCE hails Ukraine arms pullback deal
The OSCE hails the agreement between Kiev and pro-Russia forces on the withdrawal of weapons.
IRAQ
‘75 Daesh families leave Mosul for Syria’
Daesh reportedly moves 75 of the families of its own Takfiri militants from Iraq’s troubled northern city of Mosul to Syria.
PALESTINE
Palestinians forced out of Aqsa compound
Israeli settlers once again storm the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, forcing Muslims out, Press TV reports.
ENERGY
China imports 500,000 bpd of Iran oil
Asian imports of Iranian oil in August rose by 10% from a year ago, with China accounting for half of the more than 1 million barrel per day of crude lifted, a new agency reports.
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