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Iran moves up one spot in FIE rankings
Iran national men's sabre team has climbed one spot in the latest FIE world rankings.

Iran national men's sabre team has climbed one spot in the latest FIE world rankings.

Gunmen kill a Pakistani journalist in the country's northwestern district of Tank.

Ben Carson has surged past Donald Trump in the US presidential race among Republican candidates, according to a new poll.

Steel Authority of India secures a contract to export 100,000 tonnes of rail tracks to Iran for the country’s railroad expansion plan.

Pakistan hangs four more prisoners, bring the number of convicts executed since December to 254.

Iranian female shooters clinch gold at the 2015 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait.

Iran has arrested a Lebanese-American citizen on espionage charges, reports say.

Several police commissioners have threatened the government with legal action over further budget cuts.

The German chancellor urges a pan-European approach to tackle the current refugee crisis in the continent.

London-based Standard Chartered is planning to cut 15,000 jobs after posting third-quarter loss.

The Syrian deputy foreign minister says Damascus opposes the idea of a transitional period.

The US military will continue to operate in the South China Sea, a top US admiral said in Beijing on Tuesday.

Israeli officials take a Palestinian radio based in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron) off the air.

US Republican candidate Jeb Bush is running for president to keep the name of his family alive, an American journalist says.

Iran is in talks with foreign companies for an extensive revamp of its oil refineries which are in dire need of upgrade after years of draconian Western sanctions.

A Syrian journalist is killed in a mortar attack carried out by militants near the capital, Damascus.

Swedish police attack activists and evict refugees from a camp in the country’s south.

The US government has eased its sanctions regime against Iran, allowing a broad list of medical supplies for exports to the country.