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Russia ‘entitled to deploy nukes in Crimea’
A Russian official says Moscow reserves the right to deploy nuclear arms on its territory, including in Crimea.

A Russian official says Moscow reserves the right to deploy nuclear arms on its territory, including in Crimea.

Iran’s parliament speaker describes Syria as a key part of the resistance front against the Israeli regime.

South Korea and the US begin major anti-submarine military drills off the southern island of Jeju.

A senior Iranian diplomat stresses the country’s constructive role in the Middle East.

Anti-Israel protesters have blocked the way of participants of Israel Day Parade in New York City.

A Palestinian lawyer says Israeli forces violently beat and torture teenage detainees during interrogation.

A grand jury in the US has declined to indict police officers who killed a suspect in Louisiana.

A senior Chinese military official says China could establish an air defense zone over disputed areas in the South China Sea if it deems it necessary.

Iran and China have agreed on a new arrangement for crude oil payments under which Beijing will reimburse part of the money owed to Tehran in cash, a leading Iranian trader said on Monday.

A bomb attack kills three people in one of Pakistan's restive tribal areas.

Eight civilians are killed in fresh Saudi air raids on arms depots in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a.

US police have killed a fifty-year-old black man after shooting him by a stun gun in New York.

An anti-ISIL cartoon competition concludes in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowers its growth forecast for Ukraine to the worse-than-expected minus nine percent.

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter has unveiled the Pentagon’s plans to deploy advanced weapons in Asia.

Partial results from Italy’s recent vote show the prime minister’s party is headed for a defeat in several regions.

Shahrzad Mirgholikhan says the US’ treatment of prisoners reminds one of the slavery era in the country.

Pirate attacks targeting commercial shipping, including oil cargo, have sharply increased, Managing Director of National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) Ali Akbar Shafa’ie has said.