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Flying drugs, porn into US prison on drone
Two men have been arrested in Maryland over attempts to fly drugs and pornography into a prison.

Two men have been arrested in Maryland over attempts to fly drugs and pornography into a prison.

A mass trial of 41 Takfiri suspects accused of terror links and plot to topple the UAE government begins in Abu Dhabi.

Senator Debbie Stabeno voices support for the nuclear agreement with Iran.

India's ONGC Videsh says it has submitted Iran a revised plan for development of the giant Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf.

A military campaign in Iran is the last thing President Obama wants to contemplate during the time he has left in office, says an analyst.

A Saudi police officer is wounded in a drive-by shooting in the kingdom’s Red Sea city of Jeddah.

Iran is lining up water and electricity projects worth $50 billion for investment after the removal of sanctions, Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian says.

A 13-meter-long whale is washed up dead along a southern Iranian beach.

An Iranian television reporter is critically injured in a mortar attack in Syria.

Amnesty International says Burundi's security forces tortured opponents of President Nkurunziza's third-term bid with acid and iron bars.

Somali government forces end al-Shabab’s six-year-long control over a southwestern village.

UNESCO condemns 'new war crime' committed by Daesh militants in Syria's Palmyra ruins.

An Indian MiG-21 fighter jet crashes in the Indian-administered Kashmir region, with no reported casualties.

Iran’s Larijani says Britain should leave behind its old habit of interfering in Tehran’s affairs.

Donald Trump says lobbyists and special interests will not influence his 2016 presidential campaign.

Thousands of people protest in Gaza against a recent budget cut announced by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

The US is using escalating tensions in the Korean Peninsula to continue with its massive military buildup in the Asia-Pacific region, says an analyst.

A petition in Britain calling for the arrest of the Israeli prime minister during his planned UK visit gains more steam.