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Iran basketball team rolls past Italy
Iran's basketball team defeats Italy 81-75 at the 2015 International Basketball Challenge in China.

Iran's basketball team defeats Italy 81-75 at the 2015 International Basketball Challenge in China.

There is strong evidence that Israel committed war crimes in its 2014 onslaught against the Gaza Strip, a new report says.

An Azerbaijani delegation will arrive in Tehran next week to discuss economic ties with the Islamic Republic.

A British political analyst has slammed the Tory government’s inaction to fight what he calls financial corruption in the country.

A policeman is killed and two others are wounded in an attack in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, a government official says.

Several American actors are supporting the Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran.

BP says it looks for opportunities in Iran’s upstream oil industry as the country prepares to roll out new contracts for boosting recovery from its ageing fields.

At least two civilians are killed and 11 others injured in a car bomb raid in northern Afghanistan.

Al-Manar TV says two members of Syrian Armed Forces are killed when an Israeli drone struck a village in Syria’s province of Quneitra.

ISIL executes six Iraqi people in northern Iraq for attempting to flee an area under the control of the terrorist group.

President Obama plans to host House Democrats at a White House reception as he seeks to build support for the Iran nuclear accord.

Iran says the agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program should boost Tehran-EU ties.

An Omani delegation is in Tehran for the finalization of the operational plan for transfer of the Iranian gas to the sultanate via a pipeline across the Persian Gulf, a top energy official says.

The Iranian foreign minister says the Tehran-P5+1 nuclear agreement will ameliorate Iran’s ties with France.

Afghanistan's intelligence service says Taliban leader Mullah Omar is dead.

Iraqi security forces liberate a region in the western province of Anbar from ISIL militants.

A potential candidate vaccine for MERS in animal testing shows promise for human trials.

The UK’s Cameron voices concern over an attempt by some 2,000 migrants to enter the UK via the Chunnel.