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McConnell: Iran to shape 2016 US vote
US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Iran will be a “defining issue” in the 2016 US presidential election.

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Iran will be a “defining issue” in the 2016 US presidential election.

The head of the UN human rights office has criticized France for its treatment of Roma people.

The union of Gaza gas station owners warns about fuel shortage in the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian enclave.

More than 490 billion barrels of Iran’s oil reserves are not recoverable, an energy official says.

Former Democratic Senator Mike Gravel says the voting in the US House against the Iran nuclear agreement shows the influence Israel lobby still has on Congress.

Fifty Daesh Takfiri militants have reportedly abandoned the terror group and fled the northern Iraqi city of Shirqat to an unknown location.

At least 6 people die in the fresh wave of clashes between Nepalese police and protesters opposed to the proposed internal borders in the draft constitution.

Tokyo’s plans to broaden its military influence will send Japan “up in flames” in the event of a US-China war, says an analyst.

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri arrives in Tehran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials.

US President Barack Obama says alleged Chinese cyber attacks “are not acceptable.”

Several thousand Armenians stage rallies in Yerevan to protest the rising electricity prices.

Amnesty International warns the abuse scandal in the CAR will “discredit the entire UN system” if the crimes go unpunished.

French couple are found complicit in killing their three-year-old son in a whirling washing machine.

Mortar shells fired by Takfiri militants leave twelve civilians dead and about three dozen others injured in and around the Syrian capital, Damascus.

At least 11 people are injured in an earthquake in Japan.

Iran’s Health Ministry is ready to send expert medical teams to Saudi Arabia after a crane collapse incident.

The German foreign minister says the influx of refugees could be the greatest-ever challenge for EU.

A prominent activist blames the Saudi regime for its negligence in the deadly crane incident in Mecca.