
POLITICS
Iran halts flights to Baghdad over unrest
Iran cancels all flights to the Iraqi capital after demonstrators broke into the Green Zone in Baghdad.

Iran cancels all flights to the Iraqi capital after demonstrators broke into the Green Zone in Baghdad.

Ten Indonesian sailors kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants are released in the Philippines.

A new survey finds that 71 percent of Britons cannot buy a home without family help and 37 percent say home ownership is out of reach for good.

Germany says there will be a four-way meeting on the Ukraine conflict in Berlin later this month.

A Florida police officer has been fired and arrested after he was caught on video beating a woman in handcuffs.

A new report says Iran is pushing for reintegration in the global banking system.

Hundreds of left-wing demonstrators are briefly arrested outside a far-right party's conference in Stuttgart.

Egypt puts on trial 237 people detained during anti-government protests in April.

At least three Turkish soldiers and a policeman are killed in two separate PKK militant attacks in troubled southeastern Turkey.

A senior Iranian lawmaker says a US court ruling on Iran’s frozen assets is a serious threat to international law.

A senior Bahraini opposition leader and human rights activist urges the Al Khalifah regime to immediately release all political prisoners.

President Obama ridiculed Donald Trump, bringing the laughs at his last White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday.

Iran has restarted electricity exports to Iraq following a hiatus over pay.

A senior Iranian cleric urges a international fight against the global threat of terrorism.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has garnered a large majority of delegates in Arizona and Virginia.

Four Palestinian prisoners refuse to end their hunger strike in protest to their administrative detention.

The Houthi Ansarullah movement says Riyadh has released dozens of its fighters as peace talks on the Yemeni conflict are underway in Kuwait.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a big reshuffle in the country’s law enforcement agencies.