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Bus crash kills 16 in north Iran
At least 16 people are killed after their bus smashes into an electricity pylon and overturns in northern Iran.

At least 16 people are killed after their bus smashes into an electricity pylon and overturns in northern Iran.

The White House has condemned the deadly shooting at a shopping mall in Munich, Germany, calling it an “apparent terrorist attack.”

Iran routs Jordan at the 15th edition of the Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship in Jordan.

Two bomb blasts killed 80 people during a protest in Afghanistan's capital Kabul.

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says Tehran and Moscow are to sign a heavy water sale agreement in the near future.

More than a dozen civilians are dead or injured after US warplanes launch fresh airstrikes in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo.

The Afghan army launches a major operation against Daesh-linked militants in the eastern province of Nangarhar.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says the UK wants to play a greater role on the world stage after its exit from the EU.

Thousands of Hazaras rally in the Afghan capital, protesting discrimination introduced in a direly-needed powerline project against the Shia Muslim community.

Heavy torrential downpours hit China, leaving at least 87 people dead and 16 million displaced.

Hundreds of protesters stage rallies in Iraq, calling for economic and political reforms to end corruption.

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin says the UK was not prepared for the outcome of the referendum to exit the European Union.

A search operation is underway for an Indian air force plane that vanished from radar with 29 people on board.

The UN Security Council adopts a resolution authorizing states to help Libya dispose of its chemical weapons stockpile.

Unknown armed men have shot and killed a Muslim clergyman in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden.

Iran strongly condemns the recent shooting spree at a shopping center in Munich, urging international consensus towards fighting terrorism.

US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are engaged in a non-stop smear campaign, with each accusing the other of corruption and lying.

A top court in France rules that the IMF head must be put on trial over a massive state payout to a businessman in 2008.