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Leader hails IRGC’s arrest of US sailors
Ayatollah Khamenei commends the brave move by the IRGC forces in arresting the trespassing US sailors.

Ayatollah Khamenei commends the brave move by the IRGC forces in arresting the trespassing US sailors.

The Iranian foreign minister says Thailand can benefit from various capacities of Iran’s market.

An underground fire engulfs a mine in South Africa, claiming the lives of four people.

Daesh militant group executes three of its own Afghan commanders in Iraq's troubled northern city of Mosul.

The Saudi military continues airstrikes on various parts of Yemen.

The UK premier says the US Republican presidential front-runner is mistaken for blaming terror on all Muslims.

Secretary of State John Kerry reassured Saudi Arabia on Sunday of the "solid relationship" between Washington and Riyadh.

An army soldier is killed in a surprise attack by PKK militants in Turkey's southeastern province of Sirnak.

A Palestinian teenager is killed in an alleged attempted bomb attack on an Israeli military base in East al-Quds.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the doors of diplomacy are still open to Saudi Arabia.

Thailand reports its second confirmed case of MERS, detected in an Omani man.

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says Tehran is resolute on boosting nuclear cooperation with China.

People in Portugal begin casting ballots in the presidential election.

At least four people are injured in a roadside bomb explosion in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Syrian government forces, backed by fighter jets, liberate a key militant bastion in the western province of Latakia.

Thirteen people die in a boat incident off Nicaragua's Little Corn Island in the Caribbean.

Iran and Europe are about to ink their first major trade deal in years when President Hassan Rouhani visits France on Wednesday.

The United States is fearful of losing influence to China in the Middle East after Chinese president’s visit to the region, says an analyst.