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Turkey PM meets with Iraq's Kurdistan leader
Yildirim and Barzani are expected to discuss trade and investment as well as the fight against Daesh.

Yildirim and Barzani are expected to discuss trade and investment as well as the fight against Daesh.

The French foreign minister will attend an economic session in Tehran late in January.

At least four Israeli soldiers have been killed and 18 others injured in a truck-ramming attack in East Jerusalem al-Quds.

Iran says it has started talks with major American and Italian companies to form partnerships with some of its oldest brands of household devices in what appears to be a policy to prevent their demise.

The blaze broke out at Qasr al-Awliya Hotel in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala.

Myanmarese forces in Rakhine kill two Muslim civilians and detain scores of others.

The House of Saud has betrayed the cause of Palestine by working hand in glove with Israel, an investigative journalist says.

The Iranian men’s national indoor field hockey team registers an impressive 15-3 win in the Croatia Indoor Cup 2017.

In 2016, the British pound fell against 56 of 60 world currencies after a strong performance in 2015.

The planned law is prompted by the trial of an Israeli soldier, who was found guilty of manslaughter for killing an injured Palestinian.

A United Nations source says the world body is investigating more observers after sacking several of them for attending a party with the Colombian rebels.

Iran Air says the A321, the country's first brand-new aircraft in almost 4 decades, will be delivered by Friday.

China has created a new police squad as part of efforts to fight a persistent heavy smog that has descended on Beijing.

Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran should work to strengthen its judicial and executive branches in the face of enemy plots.

Turkey's withdrawal of its forces from Iraq is part of a larger trend toward closer cooperation with Russia, Iran and Syria, an analyst says.

Snow has pounded parts of the US East Coast, causing hundreds of crashes and power outages.

Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Ghasem Rezaei stays put as the world’s third best athlete in the 98-kilogram weight class.

A South Korean Buddhist monk sets himself alight during a large rally against the embattled President Park Geun-hye.