NORTH AFRICA
Libya dialog nearing final stages: UN
The United Nations (UN) envoy for Libya says the political dialog in the country is drawing to a close.
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SOCIETY
Two dead, including officer, in Louisiana
A sheriff has said two people, including a police officer, are dead in Louisiana after a domestic dispute.
CHINA
11 officials implicated in China Tianjin blast
Beijing accuses 11 officials of “dereliction of duty” over a recent deadly blast in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin.
FOREIGN POLICY
Obama confident Iran deal will go forward
Obama says he is confident that the nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers will go forward.
LEBANON
Calm returns to Palestinian refugee camp
Palestinian rivals at Lebanon’s Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp agree to stop fighting following a ceasefire agreement.
POLITICS
Obama compares gun deaths with terrorism
US President Barack Obama says the number of gun deaths in the United States dwarfs those related to terrorism.
BREAKINGNEWS
Israeli jets attack Gaza Strip
Israeli fighter jets attack an area located in the central Gaza Strip.
EGYPT
Police clash with protesters in Egypt
Egyptian security forces have clashed with hundreds of anti-government protesters in the country’s north, wounding several people.
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Greek PM rules out coalition government
Greece’s outgoing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras rules out forming a national unity government with main opposition parties.
POLITICS
White House slams US gun control laws
The White House has criticized lack of tougher gun control laws in the United States, calling on Congress to adopt proper measures in this regard.
TURKEY
Vote for stability: Turkish president
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged his country to vote for "stability" in November repeat elections.
SUDAN
South Sudan president signs peace deal
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has finally signed a peace deal with rebels to end months of deadly civil war in the youngest African country.
POLITICS
'Free 19 Iranians incarcerated in US jails'
Tehran has called for the release of 19 Iranian nationals languishing in the US jails on charges of bypassing anti-Iran sanctions.
POLITICS
Biden checks 'emotional fuel' before run
US Vice President Joe Biden says he is trying to assess whether he has the “emotional fuel” to run for president in 2016.
IRAQ
Peshmergas liberate 9 villages in N Iraq
Peshmerga forces have liberated nine villages in Iraq’s Kirkuk and killed dozens of Daesh terrorists.
EGYPT
Putin, Sisi call for anti-terror coalition
Russia’s President Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Sisi stress the importance of forming an international anti-terrorism coalition.
POLITICS
Rouhani visits hospitalized vice president
President Rouhani pays a visit to Eshaq Jahangiri, who has been in hospital due to a heart condition.
SOCIETY
Suspect in US TV news shootings dies
A black man that is suspected of killing two television journalists in Virginia for allegedly making racist comments, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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