
POLITICS
Israel's seat on UN 'a mockery': Iran
Iran has denounced Israel's election to the chair of a permanent UN committee as a "mockery" of the UN Charter.

Iran has denounced Israel's election to the chair of a permanent UN committee as a "mockery" of the UN Charter.

Ethiopian security forces have killed more than 400 anti-government protesters and detained tens of thousands since November 2015, a rights group says.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ends its military attacks inside conflict-stricken Yemen.

A US official says Washington is ready for accommodation of Israeli demands on military aid package.

Thousands of dissatisfied Greeks have staged a protest rally in Athens and another major city to ask the government to resign over continued austerity.

The Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces begin operations to encircle the key Daesh stronghold of Mosul in Iraq.

A former soldier dies after being Tasered by police in south Wales.

US Republican presidential candidate Trump urges police surveillance of mosques.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps busts two terrorist groups in the northwest of the country.

Social media users are using #enough to denounce US gun laws in the wake of a deadly attack at a nightclub in the state of Florida.

Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif says cooperation with Germany is beneficial to the whole world.

Britons have been warned of ecstasy pills in the UK market with lethal doses of MDMA.

Russia announces a 48-hour “regime of silence” in Syria's northwestern city of Aleppo.

CNN, Fox News and MSNBC cut the live coverage of a rally by Donald Trump to turn to a speech by his rival, Hillary Clinton.

Bahrain’s main Shia opposition movement, al-Wefaq, slams the Al Khalifah regime’s suspension of its activities as illegal.

Yemeni kids are raising funds for the UN after Saudi Arabia threatened to halt financial aid to the world body.

US efforts to trivialize a meeting between President Obama and Buddhist leader Dalai Lama fail to convince Beijing of Washington’s commitment to its stance on Tibet.

Syrian forces drop leaflets over Daesh's de facto capital, calling on the terrorists to surrender.