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Obama team hurting US-Russia ties: Kremlin
A Russian official says the administration of outgoing US President Obama is taking Moscow-Washington relations to a deadlock.

A Russian official says the administration of outgoing US President Obama is taking Moscow-Washington relations to a deadlock.

Qatar’s Energy Minister Mohammed Al-Sada says discussions are underway with Iran and Iraq to freeze their oil production at “current levels”.

An international lawyer says the prohibition of sale of commercial aircraft to Iran will tarnish the image of the United States both in the Islamic Republic and throughout the world.

A propaganda movement is growing in the United Sates to undermine the presidency of Donald Trump, a former US Senate candidate says.

Iraqi soldiers liberate a village north of the site of the ancient Assyrian town of Nimrud near Mosul.

Tunisians who suffered abuse under successive dictatorships recount their ordeals live on TV.

China’s Shenzhou 11 space capsule returns from the country’s longest manned space mission.

The Unites States was one of three countries to vote against a United Nations rights resolution that denounces the glorification of Nazism.

Officials in Gaza say the use of Israeli SIM cards threaten the besieged territory’s security and economy.

A political expert says Egypt and Saudi Arabia have been unable to bridge differences they have over their preferred expectations and interests.

Monday will mark the final day of mourning for Imam Hussein and 72 of his companions who were martyred during a battle with the massive army of the tyrant caliph Yazid I in the seventh century.

Figures show Iran overtook Saudi Arabia in October to become the top supplier of crude oil to India.

More than 70 people have been killed in the explosion so far.

Palestinian officials call on the international community to take immediate action against the Israeli regime’s occupation.

Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the US plunged 10 percentage points in the aftermath of the US presidential election.

Saudi-backed militants launch a deadly mortar attack on a crowded bazaar in Ta’izz Province in defiance of a ceasefire which went into effect on Thursday.

Some 17,000 protesters, including students, workers and pensioners, march to the US Embassy in Athens to protest American support for the former military rule.

US President-elect Donald Trump is considering Mitt Romney as secretary of state, according to reports.