
LEBANON
44 killed as Daesh bombings hit Beirut
At least 44 people are killed after two blasts claimed by Daesh target a security post in a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital.

At least 44 people are killed after two blasts claimed by Daesh target a security post in a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital.

A Pakistani judge slams a government call for the removal of a ban on haunting a rare species of birds, which draws in many Arab sheikhs into the country every year.

At least 15 people are killed as fresh flooding sweeps across Iran.

The US will not recognize Israel’s annexation of Golan Heights, says a senior White House official.

The number of people going hungry in east Africa rises dramatically as El Nino strikes.

Iran men's national football team routs Turkmenistan 3-1 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

Iran said on Thursday that Russia has agreed to give it a major loan worth $7-8 billion.

British Museum uses Google Street View to allow web users access some 5,000 artifacts.

Turkish police raid the offices of opposition newspaper Zaman in the city of Istanbul.

University students across the United States are set to walk out of classrooms to protest against mounting college loan debt.

The Syrian army has reportedly recaptured a key town south of Aleppo City from militants.

Iraqi Peshmerga forces retake some areas from Daesh in the fresh battle for the town of Sinjar.

Iran says it has stopped importing wheat because of high domestic production and will soon start exports.

Iran men's national goalball team finishes in the second place at the IBSA Goalball Asia/Pacific Goalball Championships in China.

EU leaders meet African counterparts in Malta, pledging cash if they stem the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean.

An Iranian deputy foreign minister holds a meeting with the secretary general of Hezbollah in Beirut.

India’s Naredra Modi who was accused of the 2002 anti-Muslim riot in Gujarat state is visiting Britain.

Senator John McCain is threatening a court battle if Obama uses his executive authority to close Guantanamo.