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NATO drills destabilizing region: Russia
Russia says NATO’s upcoming joint drills with Georgia have been set to deliberately destabilize the Caucasus region.

Russia says NATO’s upcoming joint drills with Georgia have been set to deliberately destabilize the Caucasus region.

John Kerry’s warning to Syrian president al-Assad shows the US seems “to be emboldened once again” over regime change there, an analyst says.

A senior Iranian official says Syria is currently “stronger than any other time.”

A Turkish court has sentenced two journalists to a total of about 11 years in jail for revealing state secrets, while one of them survives an assassination attempt.

US President Barack Obama says Donald Trump has a "long record that needs to be examined."

Russia’s Defense Ministry says the al-Nusra Front may have carried out a recent attack on a camp for displaced people in Syria.

US forces are in Yemen to help Saudi Arabia and the UAE in their alleged fight against al-Qaeda, the Pentagon says.

The US is in no position to impose a solution to the years-long war in Syria, an American political pundit says.

Egypt’s police detain a prominent rights lawyer who backed protests against Sisi's decision to transfer the sovereignty of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.

Russia’s Lavrov urges legal guarantees on a possible US anti-missile system in Asia.

A special Senate committee in Brazil votes to recommend starting an impeachment trial against President Rousseff.

Iran says its oil output has reached the desirable level to join the oil freeze plan.

Three people have been shot and wounded at a mall in Bethesda, Maryland, a wealthy suburb outside the US capital of Washington, DC.

The docking of foreign oil tankers at Iran’s Kharg export terminals has doubled post-sanctions.

North Korea's leader hails the results of recent nuclear and missile tests as historic and unprecedented.

Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Hamid Sourian Reihanpour wins ticket for the upcoming Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Labour Party candidate Sadiq Khan has become the first Muslim elected mayor of London, results show.

The US government’s failed foreign policies and military interventions have had disastrous consequences for the country’s economy.