
IRAQ
Bombs, bullets kill 9 in, near Baghdad
At least nine people have been killed in a series of bomb and shooting attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

At least nine people have been killed in a series of bomb and shooting attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

US President Barack Obama has issued a fresh warning against encryption calling the data on electronic devices really dangerous.

The Russian president says budget cuts prompted by economic woes will not impact its military modernization plans.

Iran’s Persepolis football club symbolically names a 6-year-old hemophile boy as its chairman.

Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls for a sit-in amid pressures on Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi to enact promised political reforms.

Possible debris from the missing Malaysian Flight MH370 is found in Mozambique.

Violence has been a recurring theme at many of Donald Trump’s events.

Daesh releases a video showing its members lobbing hundreds of apparent Christian books into fire in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

The Palestinian government blasts the Israeli regime for shutting down Palestine Today TV.

President Rouhani says all Muslim holy shrines, including those in Iraq and Syria, are a red line to Iran.

Australia has voiced determination to boost trade with Iran after the removal of the sanctions.

Thousands march in Peru demanding the removal of presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori from the race.

Iranian Paralympian athletes collect six more gold medals at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships in Dubai, the UAE.

Syria's warring parties are gearing up to return to peace talks while federalism is being dangled as among the topics for discussion.

Ukraine’s ex-PM Tymoshenko says the country’s leaders are ignoring corruption and are part of a “corruption conglomerate.”

Ha’aretz says Israel is facing a ‘more complex’ intifada amid the ongoing Palestinian protests in the occupied lands.

Figures show that China's industrial growth in the first two months of the current year grew at its slowest rate since 2008.

President Obama has mocked Republicans for acting “shocked” by the rise of Donald Trump to the GOP presidential frontrunner.