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Lavrov raps US claims of ‘Russia threat’
The Russian foreign minister slams remarks by the US air force secretary who described Russia as 'the biggest threat to US security.'

The Russian foreign minister slams remarks by the US air force secretary who described Russia as 'the biggest threat to US security.'

Iran is in talks with the biggest floating LNG company for production of liquefied natural gas, head of the National Iranian Gas Company Alireza Kameili said on Thursday.

Moscow says the Iranian and Russian presidents have discussed cooperation in the areas of military technology and nuclear power.

A humanitarian truce is taking effect in Yemen on Friday to allow delivery of urgently needed aid to civilians in the war-torn country.

Former president George W. Bush charged a charity for wounded military veterans $100,000 in speaking fees three years ago.

Translators will be shortlisted for Man Booker Prize for the first time from 2016.

New Zealand judge Lowell Goddard has formally opened an independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in England and Wales.

House prices in the UK continue to rise reaching its highest level ever.

EU's Tusk urges creditors to adopt a more realistic approach to the debt-ridden Greece.

Research suggests hormone progesterone could slow down breast cancer

In all US cities, the increase in violent crime is disproportionately impacting poor and predominantly African-American and Latino neighborhoods.

Iran’s hydroelectricity generation is flickering out amid a protracted drought which has drained dams across the country to their lowest ebb ever.

A US drone strike kills 25 in the restive eastern Afghan province of Nanagarhar.

Iran’s President Rouhani urges closer cooperation between Tehran and New Delhi in fighting terrorism.

At least 20 policemen are injured in a roadside bomb attack on their vehicle in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula.

The Metropolitan police have been scrutinized for not suspending an officer facing charged for perjury regarding the Sean Rigg case.

Concerns have been raised at prison bosses who appeared not to know of the presence of a prisoner in their jail.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is sentenced to three years in jail for bribery.