
POLITICS
'Roknabadi died of thirst, heat in Mina'
A senior Iranian official says ex-Iran ambassador to Lebanon died of thirst, hunger and lack of proper treatment.

A senior Iranian official says ex-Iran ambassador to Lebanon died of thirst, hunger and lack of proper treatment.

The United States and its allies are using the modus operandi of peace talks on Syria to try “to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat,” an American scholar and political analyst says.

The IOM says the number of refugees arriving in Europe in 2015 has soared to nearly a million.

The US and NATO have announced the completion of a new missile site in southern Romania.

Hassan Khomeini, a grandson of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, registers for Assembly of Experts’ elections.

Israeli troops kill three more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Iranians hold rallies to protest Nigerian military’s crackdown on the Shia Muslim community.

Some 20 foreign ministers have gathered in the US city of New York to discuss ending the Syrian conflict and defeating the ISIL terrorist group.

Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents will meet in Switzerland to discuss their long-standing dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh territory.

The United States and its allies are responsible for completely destroying Libya, an American journalist says.

The Ukrainian premier says his country has imposed a 'moratorium' on the USD three-billion Russian bond due on December 20.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says opposition forces must help promote peace in Syria.

The political reality in the United States is beginning to shift against Saudi Arabia after years of silence over the kingdom’s role in terrorism.

Some 54 PKK militants are reportedly killed in the latest wave of military operations by the Turkish army in two southeastern towns.

Syria says the US military mission in the Arab country is a violation of sovereignty.

Militants loyal to Yemen’s fugitive president capture a town despite a UN-announced truce amid ongoing peace talks in Switzerland.

Several Iraqi soldiers are killed or injured after a US airstrike hits their base in Anbar Province.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has arrived in Afghanistan on a surprise visit, according to American officials.