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Afghan city about to fall to Taliban
Taliban militants reportedly enter the Tarin Kot, the capital of Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan.

Taliban militants reportedly enter the Tarin Kot, the capital of Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan.

A fresh Saudi airstrike against Yemen's northwestern province of Amran has left at least nine civilians dead and five others injured.

Moscow is showing patience with Washington as US spy planes frequently fly near the Russian border, says an analyst.

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has defended her handling of classified information when she was the secretary of state.

A Dutch Muslim MP refuses to shake hands with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu during the latter’s visit to the country.

China tacitly calls on the US to stay out of the South China Sea territorial dispute.

The Egyptian president has named five former army general as new provincial governors in the North African country.

The UN says floods in Niger have killed at least 38 people and left tens of thousands of others homeless.

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has vowed to vastly expand the American military.

The massacre in 1978 touched off a series of protests which led to the overthrow of the Pahlavi regime a few months later.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has accused Russia of spreading global instability and questioned whether Moscow genuinely seeks a ceasefire in Syria.

An estimated 5,000 members of Daesh are living in the European Union countries and most of them are themselves Europeans, Press TV reports.

Palestinian protesters have called upon the ICRC to intervene and save the lives of hunger-strikers Muhammad and Mahmoud Balboul.

North Korea says it will bolster its nuclear program, shortly after the United Nations Security Council condemned missile tests by Pyongyang.

Syria begins freeing 169 militants in exchange for the bodies of five people shot down in a Russian helicopter in August.

A prominent US human rights organization has held a rally in Washington DC to protest the sale of American weapons to Saudi Arabia.

US President Barack Obama has offered Saudi Arabia $115 billion in arms sales, a report seen by Reuters has found.

The founder and CEO of the world’s largest coffee-shop chain puts full weight behind Clinton.