
POLITICS
‘West not after Iran-Saudi de-escalation’
The Iranian parliament speaker says the US and West are not after the settlement of Iran-Saudi row.

The Iranian parliament speaker says the US and West are not after the settlement of Iran-Saudi row.

Young Iranian volleyball players beat the Danish side at the 24th edition of World Schools Championship Volleyball in Serbia.

US President Barack Obama has dismissed the global reaction to Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) as “hysteria.”

Bahrain’s Nabeel Rajab is hospitalized due to the deterioration of his health in solitary confinement.

A leading Afghan media rights group reports a sharp rise in violence and intimidation against journalists.

A car bomb blast targeting a police vehicle in Turkey’s Diyarbakir province kills one officer and wounds seven more people.

The UN chief says the Israeli blockade on Gaza inflicts pain on people and damages the economy of the Palestinian coastal sliver.

Iranian wrestlers win five bronze medals at the Asian Goresh and Belt Wrestling Championship in Turkmenistan.

A court in Iraq invalidates a parliamentary session in April where changes to the cabinet were approved.

The US government is turning a blind eye to the atrocities of Al Khalifah regime in Bahrain due to the presence of its 5th naval fleet in the Persian Gulf.

German Chancellor Merkel warns that Britain has no right to pick and choose the terms of its departure from the European Union (EU) in upcoming talks.

The US military is testing a short-range Israeli missile for possible use in its European missile “shield” against Russia, says a US general.

EU political leaders have reportedly drawn up a plan to morph the remaining members into a “superstate.”

Air pollution has been declared the world’s fourth-largest threat to human health, killing nearly 6.5 million per year.

Lebanon’s army detains 103 illegal Syrian refugees, following a series of bombings that shook a village near the border with Syria the previous day.

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Turkey has only expressed regrets to Russia over a downed jet in Syria, denying reports of an apology.

Hate crimes against British Muslims are on the rise following the Brexit vote, a new report suggests.

North Korea’s modified short-range Scud missiles can now reach US naval base in Japan, the South’s military sources say.