
POLITICS
'Iran to attend upcoming Syria talks'
An Iranian official says Tehran will attend the upcoming peace talks on Syria to help diplomatically settle the crisis in the Arab country.

An Iranian official says Tehran will attend the upcoming peace talks on Syria to help diplomatically settle the crisis in the Arab country.

Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) says it sees Iran as a potential customer with a big order for its Superjet 100 (SSJ100) planes.

The Pentagon is reportedly ready to pay for killing civilians in Iraq, says a report.

With the latest fatality in the West Bank, Israelis have on average killed two Palestinians per day since the beginning of October.

Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders says there is no military solution to the conflict in Yemen.

Hundreds of Syrian refugee children are not provided with education in Turkey, a report says.

US troop deployment in Syria will not bear result, says a Democratic senator.

Clashes between the supporters of rival political parties in Nigeria’s eastern state of Taraba leave seven people dead.

Lufthansa Technik, the maintenance division of the German flagship carrier, says it is in discussions with Iranian airlines to repair and overhaul their aging fleet.

A Russian official says Tehran and Moscow have signed a deal for the delivery of the S-300 missile defense systems to Iran.

The US military is set to increase its presence in Europe in order to counter Russia in the event of a war.

Unrest breaks out at an immigration detention center on Christmas Island after the death of a refugee.

Myanmar’s ruling party concedes defeat in the country’s parliamentary polls.

Croatia’s conservative opposition party claims victory in the country’s parliamentary elections.

Spain’s pro-independence region of Catalonia is set to launch a secession process.

The German finance minister says Berlin’s capacity to cope with the inflow of refugees is limited.

Tension and protest are growing in the University of Missouri in the US over a wave of racial insults at black students.

Israeli war planes have attacked an alleged Hamas target in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.