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Russia: Raids turned tide in Assad favor
The Russian says his country's airstrikes in Syria have changed the course of events in favor of the Damascus government.

The Russian says his country's airstrikes in Syria have changed the course of events in favor of the Damascus government.

The EU urges a peaceful resolution of the South China Sea dispute.

The head of the French lower house of parliament postpones his visit to Iran in the wake of a deadly terrorist attack in Nice.

The US military says it may deploy additional troops to Iraq, even beyond the hundreds announced earlier this week, to help in the fight against ISIL.

The UN says four days of clashes in South Sudan’s capital have killed more than 300 people.

The leader of Turkey's main opposition party has been ordered to pay President Recep Tayyip Erdogan thousands of dollars in compensation for insulting him.

A senior Iranian cleric says the Saudi regime is perpetrating atrocities in the Middle East under the pretext of fighting terrorism.

A former US army officer says the United States has hidden the document on the Saudi role in 9/11 terrorist attacks because they are afraid of being exposed for treason and corruption.

France declares three days of national mourning following the deadly attack in Nice.

Most parts of the Indian-administered Kashmir remain under curfew a week after the killing of a popular militant leader in the disputed Himalayan region.

The Kremlin says there has been no discussion between Russia and the United States on the subject of direct military cooperation in Syria.

An investigative journalist says the establishment in London has chosen Theresa May as the prime minister of the United Kingdom in an inappropriate election.

North Korea parades a defector accused of being involved in a child abduction plot allegedly masterminded by Seoul's spy agency.

Scotland should not hold a second independence referendum in the wake of Brexit, says Britain’s minister for Scotland.

Israel freezes mail services to the already-blockaded Gaza Strip.

Oxfam urges the US Congress to lift trade embargo on Cuba as it is struggling with economic problems.

South Korean protesters throw eggs at the premier in a show of anger against the planned deployment of an advanced US missile system.

A report says Beijing may build mobile nuclear power plants on islands of the disputed South China Sea.