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Poland beats Iran in FIVB World Cup
Iranian volleyball players lose the match against Poland in the 2015 FIVB World Cup.

Iranian volleyball players lose the match against Poland in the 2015 FIVB World Cup.

Japan's government resumes work on the construction of a controversial new US military base in southern Okinawa.

Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani demands the release of a group of workers abducted in Iraq.

Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu says only a single-party government can counter terror threats in the restive country.

Almost a third of Americans could imagine supporting a military coup against their own government, according to a new poll.

Iran says it has exported 560 million liters of gasoline since March.

Two Russian planes carrying humanitarian aid land in Syria.

Iran's Majlis speaker commends "sustainable democracy" in Iraq under the aegis of national unity government.

People rally in London in solidarity with refugees fleeing wars, violence.

The California legislature has approved a bill that would allow doctors to help some patients end their own lives.

Tens of thousands of pro-refugee demonstrators rally in European capitals in solidarity with asylum seekers.

Ukraine's prime minister warns Western governments against lifting sanctions on Russia.

The government of Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab submits its resignation to the country’s presidency.

Iran is on course to assert its place as the world’s largest producer of pomegranates with one million metric tons of the crop this year, an Agriculture Ministry official says.

US VP Joe Biden will definitely run for president because Democrats believe Hillary Clinton is going to crash and burn Scott Bennett says.

Fourteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has warned of a similar attack pending against the country.

British politician Jeremy Corbyn has become the country’s new Labour Party leader.

Iran says the UN approval of a proposal to raise the Palestinian flag proved the world body’s support for Palestine.