TURKEY
15,000 dismissed in Turkey’s post-coup purge
Also more than 500 institutions and news outlets have been shut down in a new state proclamation.
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ECONOMY
Germany’s Munich Re eyeing Iran’s market
Iran says Germany’s reinsurance giant Munich Re is considering plans to provide services to the Iranian market.
POLITICS
California independence efforts begin
A pro-secession organization in California is taking the necessary measures to hold an independence vote.
COLOMBIA
Colombia opposition rejects revised FARC deal
The Colombian opposition has rejected the latest version of peace accord with FARC rebels.
POLITICS
‘Iran, EU resolved to strengthen JCPOA’
The Iranian president says the Islamic Republic and the European Union (EU) are determined to strengthen the multilateral nuclear deal.
INTERVIEWS
'US blocking media coverage of Saudi Syria plots'
The US and its allies systematically prevent Western media from covering Saudi Arabia's support for Takfiri terrorists in Syria, a political analyst says.
EGYPT
Egypt's top court annuls Morsi's life sentence
The court also ordered 21 other senior officials of Morsi’s disbanded Muslim Brotherhood movement and supporters to be retried.
PALESTINE
Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian
Soldiers opened fired on the victim, alleging he attempted to stab them in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
POLITICS
Iran MPs urge reciprocity over JCPOA breaches
Over 220 lawmakers urged President Rouhani’s administration to take appropriate measures in response to any violations of a nuclear deal by the US.
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Tensions spiral in Haiti amid election win claims
Protests erupt on the streets as both major parties claim victory in Sunday's presidential polls.
TURKEY
Turkey withdraws bill on child marriages
The bill would have overturned the convictions of particular individuals convicted of child sex assaults.
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Indonesia vows to check 'growth of radicalism'
Indonesian president says he is resolute in preventing the growth of radicalism.
POLITICS
‘Ryan may be inviting trouble for Trump’
Iran’s Parliament speaker says US House Speaker Paul Ryan may be seeking to invite trouble for President-elect Trump by trying to undermine a multi-lateral deal with Iran.
INTERVIEWS
'UN partition proposal seeks to vilify Syria govt.'
By offering an unacceptable partition proposal, the Western powers intend to portray the Syrian government as the enemy of peace and stability, a political commentator says.
EU
Cyprus unification talks end without deal: UN
The island country has been divided since 1974 into a breakaway Turkish-speaking north and a Greek-speaking south.
FOREIGN POLICY
Trump wants Farage as UK envoy to US
Donald Trump says his British ally Nigel Farage can do a “great” job as an ambassador to the US.
ECONOMY
Iran to use ancient remedy for its water crisis
Iran’s Energy Ministry says it is working on a plan to look for underground fresh water resources in cooperation with Russia.
RUSSIA
Russia accuses Ukraine of kidnapping soldiers
Moscow says two soldiers were “illegally detained” on Sunday and whisked across the border to the territory of the Nikolayev region in Ukraine.
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