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3 new amb. to Tehran submit credentials
New ambassadors of three European countries to Iran submit their credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

New ambassadors of three European countries to Iran submit their credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

The UN issues a warning over an expected surge of mostly Myanmar's Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees.

US presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is leading the Republican race for the White House because Americans are “tired of being the patsies for everyone.”

Iran is interested in the Japanese technology for establishing high-speed rail in order to expand its intercity transportation, a senior official says.

Canada slams an Egyptian appeals court ruling against an Al Jazeera journalist.

Chad executes 10 Boko Haram Takfiri militants by firing squad.

The United States has lost its global leadership during President Barack Obama’s time in office, former vice president Dick Cheney says.

Austrian police say they have intercepted a truck that was illegally carrying refugee.

Thousands start gathering in Lebanon’s Beirut for a new rally over the garbage crisis in the country.

Iran seeks reciprocal visa waiver programs with 28 countries as part of its bid to boost inbound tourism, director of Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) Masoud Soltanifar says.

The US must keep Israel “at arm’s length” and should not reward it for interfering in its foreign policy on Iran, an American analyst says.

A powerful roadside bomb kills five Iraqi officers in the western border near Jordan.

An estimated 60,000 Jewish American settlers live in the occupied West Bank, according to a study by an Oxford University scholar.

Reports say the number of lone minors seeking asylum in Britain is on the increase.

A French soldier is killed by a fellow trooper in an accidental shooting in Mali.

A large number of people gather for the funeral of an African-American teenager who was shot by a white police officer in St. Louis, Missouri.

Pakistan’s air force strikes kill over a dozen militants near the border with Afghanistan.

British prosecutors are mulling charges against Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. phone hacking.