
RUSSIA
Legal basis of US-led raids flawed: Lavrov
Russia calls the legal basis for the so-called US-led anti-Daesh airstrikes 'really flawed.'

Russia calls the legal basis for the so-called US-led anti-Daesh airstrikes 'really flawed.'

London Mayor favorite for next Tory leader but party activists back the Chancellor for the post.

Trial of ex-Turkish officials accused of intercepting Syria-bound arms is subjected to a secrecy order.

At least 118 members of the US armed forces committed suicide during the second quarter of 2015, says the Pentagon.

The Iraqi prime minister says Baghdad would welcome Russian airstrikes against militants on its soil.

An Egyptian court sentences seven more anti-government protesters to death.

Russia's President Putin dismisses as 'information warfare' reports of civilian casualties in Russian airstrikes in Syria.

One more British ISIL terrorist in Syria has been added to a UN sanctions list.

US GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he would send home all Syrian refugees the US accepts, if he becomes president.

The UN refugee agency revises up the number of refugees forecast to arrive in Europe over two years.

The latest market figures show Asian imports of Iranian oil rose almost 10 percent from a year ago in August.

North West England is bracing for anti-austerity protests coinciding with the weekend’s Conservative party conference in Manchester.

Afghanistan says its forces killed 150 Taliban militants in an operation to retake Kunduz.

The US and Russia are pursuing opposite policies in Syria that can lead to a serious confrontation, a political analyst says.

Hurricane Joaquin gains force near the Bahamas and is projected to hit the US East Coast.

Two Turkish soldiers are killed by suspected PKK militants in the country's Diyarbakir Province.

At least 25 militants have been killed in Pakistan, the military says.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemies of Iran resent the independence of the Iranian nation.