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Reports on UK child sex offences soar
NSPCC study shows a 38% year-on-year increase in reports of sexual assaults against children in England and Wales.

NSPCC study shows a 38% year-on-year increase in reports of sexual assaults against children in England and Wales.

The head of the Ansarullah delegation in Geneva says the UN "has not done anything" to stop the Saudi aggression against Yemen.

Japanese scientists develop a method to diagnose cancer in just three minutes.

Iranian legislators are scheduled to impeach the minister of education on June 24.

Secretary of State John Kerry says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “absolutely” used chemical weapons against civilians.

Amnesty International criticizes Myanmar's government for gagging the media in the country.

Iranian legislators approve the urgency of a motion that would oblige the administration to make every effort to safeguard the nation's nuclear achievements.

Iran has marked resumption of Caspian oil swaps by taking delivery of the first gasoline cargo since 2010 when such deals were halted, local media said on Wednesday.

The veto power in the hands of the US as an untrustworthy country is dangerous, says an analyst.

South Korea reports eight new cases of infection with the MERS virus, bringing the total number of infections to 162.

The US military could deploy a squadron of F-22 fighter jets to Europe over “Russia’s threat.”

Former Turkish president and prime minister, Suleyman Demirel, dies at the age of 90.

Saudi Arabia continues to bombard areas across Yemen amid ongoing negotiations in Geneva.

The Iranian vice president says Tehran is after a deal that would guarantee its nuclear rights.

Seven people are killed by gunmen in the southern Mexican state of Michoacan.

A Palestinian prisoner vows to keep up his hunger strike despite the torture he is facing in an Israeli prison.

A US off-duty police officer has shot and killed his ex-wife with their 7-year-old daughter in the scene.

Kerry says fundamental issues of a mutual understanding as well as the interim agreement over Iran’s nuclear program define a good deal that cannot be changed.