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Dalirian named world’s best kurash wrestler
Iranian athlete Mostafa Dalirian has been named the world's best kurash wrestler for the year 2016.

Iranian athlete Mostafa Dalirian has been named the world's best kurash wrestler for the year 2016.

Riyadh’s military aircraft carry out more deadly raids against Yemeni provinces.

Gang fights killed the 10 people in a prison in northern Brazil.

President Barack Obama is making sure Donald Trump cannot change the geopolitical dynamics in the Middle East, says an analyst.

Excessive use of force by US officers against African Americans and Latinos stems from lack of standard training, an analyst says.

Famous Iranian Mir Saeid Marouf Lakrani has been suspended indefinitely for offending a referee supervisor at the end of a national match.

The assassination comes amid Syrian army efforts to reach reconciliation deals with armed groups in Wadi Barada and secure water processing facilities there.

The West African country's political impasse, owing to President Jammeh's refusal to leave office, takes center stage at Africa-France summit in Mali.

The British prime minister will announce that the UK is prepared to leave the EU's single market to get a "clean break" from the bloc.

More than 70 countries are attending the summit, which will open in the French capital on Sunday.

Both celebrations and protests occurred as people marked the sixth anniversary of the 2011 revolution in Tunisia on Saturday.

The regime in Manama carries out the death sentences handed to the Shia activists, turning a deaf ear to public calls for the verdicts to be revoked.

Parts of the central US grapple with road-glazing ice that has left at least four people dead in car accidents.

A boat with 110 refugees on board overturns in the Mediterranean Sea. So far, only four people have been rescued.

Diyala Province and the capital, Baghdad, are hit by three deadly explosions, which also wounded dozens of people.

A growing number of US Democratic politicians say they intend to shun the incoming president's inauguration on Friday.

Washington imposes new sanctions against the Syrian military, government officials and a tech company.

Protesters gather in Tel Aviv, calling for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over multiple allegations of corruption.