
PALESTINE
Plight of Palestinians under occupation
Daily reports of violence in Palestine should not make the disturbing aspects of normal life under occupation seem any less important.

Daily reports of violence in Palestine should not make the disturbing aspects of normal life under occupation seem any less important.

UN says over 300 million people in Asia, Africa and Latin America are exposed to the risk of increasing water pollution in rivers and lakes.

UN chief says the Rohingya Muslim community has the right to self-identify.

The British prime minister has rejected carrying out a second referendum about Britain’s exit from the European Union.

A US drone strike claims the lives of three people in southern Yemen, local sources say.

A two-tonne shipment of medicines from Cuba arrives in conflict-ridden Syria.

President Putin will hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on September 3.

A US military official says Turkish and Kurdish forces in northern Syria have reached a "loose agreement" to stop fighting each other.

Blacklisted tankers are involved in shipping crude from Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

An American woman held in China since last year has been charged with spying on behalf of the US government.

Iran dismisses Aboul Gheit's remarks about three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.

Major trade unions reject the government's appeal to call off a mass strike on Friday.

The proposal is part of the government's political and economic plan for the next nine years.

Iranian Muaythai boxers have clinched two bronze medals at the 2016 IFMA Youth World Championships in Thailand.

The top US diplomat is in India for the second strategic dialogue between the two nations.

Iran men's national volleyball team has climbed three places in latest FIVB rankings to claim the 7th spot in the world.

Libya's chemical weapons stocks were shipped to Germany on a Danish vessel from the western port of Misrata.

Israel reacts angrily to recent UN criticisms about illegal settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.