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Fresh fierce clashes kill 7 in Kashmir
At least five pro-independence fighters and two Indian soldiers are killed in fresh clashes across the restive disputed region of Kashmir.

At least five pro-independence fighters and two Indian soldiers are killed in fresh clashes across the restive disputed region of Kashmir.

The first group of Israeli fighter pilots is headed to the US for F-35 training.

A prominent NGO says the Daesh-city of Fallujah is facing a ‘ humanitarian disaster’ as its hunger-stricken residents struggle to flee the violence.

Russia’s foreign minister says the US is likely seeking to use the al-Nusra Front terrorist group to unseat the Syrian president.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement denounces Bahrain’s repressive policies against dissent after the regime banned the al-Wefaq opposition bloc.

The US Department of Homeland Security says Americans need to look out for more ‘homegrown’ terror attacks after the Orlando mass shooting.

A UN investigative panel says the Daesh terrorist group is still committing genocide against the Izadi minority in Iraq and Syria.

Turkish Customs and Trade Minister Bulent Tufenkci says Ankara plans to triple trade with Iran to $30 billion “as soon as possible”.

A major French union pledges more anti-reforms rallies in the country next week in defiance of a government threat to ban street demonstrations.

The dead body of a 2-year-old boy who was snatched off a beach by an alligator and dragged underwater at Walt Disney World has been recovered.

EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc says the Iranian flag carrier Iran Air has been taken off a safety blacklist and can now fly in the European Union.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance's planned deployments in Poland and three Baltic states are aimed at deterring Russia.

A US Navy commander says Russian surveillance ships are shadowing American and NATO vessels in the Baltic Sea where they are staging a drill.

Some Congress members are once again calling for the release of secret pages of the 9/11 report.

The bodies of nearly three dozen refugees, including women and children, are found in Niger’s Sahara Desert.

Bahraini Shia Muslim clerics stop holding congregational prayers to protest the Al Khalifah regime’s crackdown on Shias.

The UN says Saudi Arabia is pressuring the world body to disclose the sources of information that landed the kingdom on a blacklist of children's rights violators.

John Kerry says the US is committed to its obligations to ease sanctions under Iran's nuclear accord.