
AFGHANISTAN
Ghani picks team to probe US bombing
The Afghan president picks a team to probe the US bombing of a hospital in the northern city of Kunduz which killed 22 people.

The Afghan president picks a team to probe the US bombing of a hospital in the northern city of Kunduz which killed 22 people.

A gas explosion kills at least 17 people at a restaurant in eastern China.

North Korea holds a military parade marking the formation of the country’s ruling party.

The US government has approved exports of soft drinks to Iran, putting an end to a ban which had been in place since 1990s, an American press report says.

Kabul says at least 100 Taliban militants are killed in joint airstrikes by Afghan and foreign forces in southern Afghanistan.

Canadian aboriginals hold a protest rally to highlight their plight.

The UNSC approves a new resolution allowing the EU to take military action against human smugglers in the Mediterranean.

Gun-rights activists have protested US President Barack Obama's visit to Oregon to meet with the families of victims of last week's college mass shooting.

Saudi Arabia’s latest airstrikes on Yemen kill 12 Somalis.

Ayatollah Khamenei says the IRGC commander lost his life in the fight against savage Takfiris.

Germany says it has seen a rise in the number of attacks on asylum seeker homes this year.

President Hassan Rouhani says there is a global surge of interest in new business opportunities in Iran, adding the country is ready to open its arms to international entrepreneurs if they bring in investment and technology.

The Syrian deputy foreign minister says Russia’s airstrikes against terrorists have produced significant results.

US politics is dominated by big money and its role will not end soon, a former Democratic senator says.

The US military continues to “equip” Syria terrorists despite admitting “pause” in its failed training of “moderate” militants there.

“Russia and Iran and Syria have redefined themselves as a force of stability in the Middle East," US military analyst Scott Bennett says.

Turkey says 95 people have been killed in two explosions that struck a road junction in Ankara.

Clashes with Israeli forces north of al-Quds (Jerusalem) claim the lives of two Palestinian youths.