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Saudi cops hurt in drive-by shooting
A Saudi police officer is wounded in a drive-by shooting in the kingdom’s Red Sea city of Jeddah.

A Saudi police officer is wounded in a drive-by shooting in the kingdom’s Red Sea city of Jeddah.

Iran is lining up water and electricity projects worth $50 billion for investment after the removal of sanctions, Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian says.

A 13-meter-long whale is washed up dead along a southern Iranian beach.

An Iranian television reporter is critically injured in a mortar attack in Syria.

Amnesty International says Burundi's security forces tortured opponents of President Nkurunziza's third-term bid with acid and iron bars.

Somali government forces end al-Shabab’s six-year-long control over a southwestern village.

UNESCO condemns 'new war crime' committed by Daesh militants in Syria's Palmyra ruins.

An Indian MiG-21 fighter jet crashes in the Indian-administered Kashmir region, with no reported casualties.

Iran’s Larijani says Britain should leave behind its old habit of interfering in Tehran’s affairs.

Donald Trump says lobbyists and special interests will not influence his 2016 presidential campaign.

Thousands of people protest in Gaza against a recent budget cut announced by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

The US is using escalating tensions in the Korean Peninsula to continue with its massive military buildup in the Asia-Pacific region, says an analyst.

A petition in Britain calling for the arrest of the Israeli prime minister during his planned UK visit gains more steam.

At least eight policemen are killed in a series of violent clashes with angry demonstrators protesting against a proposed new national constitution in Nepal.

A continued selloff in Chinese shares is wreaking havoc across the global market, with the US industrial average Dow tumbling more than 1,000 points.

Efforts are underway to register the world’s longest brick wall in Guinness.

US President Barack Obama has broad executive authority to circumvent Congress and ease many sanctions on Iran, experts say.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to travel to Iran in October.