
POLITICS
‘Iran fully backs anti-terror bids’
A senior Iranian official says Iran fully supports anti-terror efforts in the region.

A senior Iranian official says Iran fully supports anti-terror efforts in the region.

Iraqi special security forces kill four ISIL intelligence agents during an operation in the northern province of Salahuddin.

Over 200 flights are canceled and hundreds more delayed at Toronto's largest airport after workers in charge of aircraft refueling go on strike.

Two of the tree British schoolgirls who left UK to join ISIL have been married to the militants.

Hillary Clinton is a very wily politician who makes many statements just to gain political mileage, a US activist and commentator says.

The latest airstrikes conducted by Saudi Arabia against Yemen leave 34 people dead.

More Americans believe individual states should be able to refuse federal court rulings, a new poll says.

A prominent Egyptian football player loses his job for posting anti-Sisi comments on his Facebook account.

A famous Iranian actor apologizes for posting a tweet in support of same-sex marriage across the US.

National Iranian volleyball team has failed to secure a spot in the Final Six of the 2015 FIVB World League.

A Turkish prosecutor seeks life imprisonment for former law enforcement authorities that stopped intelligence agency trucks carrying arms to Syria-based militants.

French prosecutors charge a soldier with sexual abuse of two children in Burkina Faso.

A US non-governmental organization says Washington must refrain from staging a unilateral drone campaign in Somalia.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Iran and the P5+1 can reach a consensus on Tehran’s nuclear issue.

Berlin asks Washington for clarification over reports of spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA) on senior German officials.

Iran’s steelmakers are calling on the government to raise import tariffs on certain steel products amid a “crisis” in the industry due to a number of factors, including dumping by China and other exporters.

A Wisconsin man is facing charges after making threats against President Barack Obama while he was visiting the Badger State earlier this week.

South Korea reports a new case of infection with the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus.