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Russia to extend EU food ban
Russia says the food ban on European and US food products will remain in place.

Russia says the food ban on European and US food products will remain in place.

The defense lawyer for Egypt's ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, appeals his sentencing to 20 years in prison.

Turkey's newly-elected parliament will convene for the first time next week.

Palestinians are due to submit their first file to the ICC to open criminal proceedings against Israel.

France freezes Russian state assets to cover a court settlement compensating Yukos shareholders.

Germany’s central bank says Greece does not have "much time left" for a deal to rescue Athens from default.

President Obama has said the Charleston church shooting rekindled memories of a "dark part of our history," renewing his call for more gun control in the US.

A mine explosion on the Saudi-Yemeni border leaves a senior Saudi officer dead.

China bans civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from fasting during Ramadan.

Takfiri terrorists launch rocket attacks on residential areas in the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing 12 civilians.

The UN chief hits out at Israel for the suffering of Palestinian children in Gaza, which was hit by a 50-day Israeli war last year.

Iran condemns recent terror attacks in the Yemeni capital Sana’a.

The Kremlin slams Belgium’s order to freeze the assets of Russian diplomatic missions and other organizations.

Maltese authorities are contacting Iran for possible renewal of shipping trade ruptured by US-led sanctions, the country’s national newspaper reported on Thursday.

An agreement that gives the US military permanent presence in Spain is aimed at “maintaining hegemonic control” over Africa, says an analyst.

Burundi says it agrees ‘in principle’ to the deployment of military observers to monitor the country’s upcoming polls.

“War has been declared on African Americans by the Anglo-American, Nazi terrorist groups and our government is in denial,” says a researcher and historian.

Israeli troops shoot and injure at least two Palestinian men during a series of violent clashes in the occupied West Bank.