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US nuclear whistleblower to get $4mn
A US nuclear whistleblower who was fired from his job after uncovering unsafe nuclear waste disposal, will receive a $4.1 million settlement from ex-employer.

A US nuclear whistleblower who was fired from his job after uncovering unsafe nuclear waste disposal, will receive a $4.1 million settlement from ex-employer.

Iran rejects Ankara’s plan to establish a buffer zone in Syria, saying it violates the sovereignty of the Arab country.

Al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri pledges allegiance to the new Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour.

Britain says it has a legal obligation to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden.

Seven suspected PKK members are killed in clashes with security forces in eastern Turkey.

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has paid Iran Khodro 42 million euros in compensation for leaving Iran in the heyday of Western sanctions on the Islamic Republic, Tehran-based media reports say.

Burundi's key opposition leader accuses the country's president of declaring 'war' on the nation by clinging onto power.

The Daesh Takfiri group has released a hit list of US military personnel complete with sensitive details it claims it obtained through hacking.

Tony Blair speaks about the "danger" of Jeremy Corbyn as future Labour party's leader.

A rocket attack by Takfiri terrorists leaves two people dead and 14 others injured in the Syrian port city of Latakia.

A high-level Afghan delegation is in Islamabad for talks on broader action against the Taliban militants following recent bombings in Kabul.

The Chilcot inquiry is facing legal action for failing to provide a timetable for the report.

Moscow adds more countries to the Russian food embargo import list.

Jimmy Carter says recent liver surgery revealed that he has cancer that has spread to other parts of his body.

Turkey’s prime minister says coalition talks with the leader of the main opposition party have failed.

The Indian government has asked the country’s refiners to prepare $1.4 billion for payment to Iran in an outstanding oil debt, media reports from New Delhi say.

Germany says Kurdish forces in Iraq have come under a chemical attack by Daesh (ISIL).

The head of Myanmar’s ruling party is removed from office ahead of the country’s general elections.