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Iran shooter awarded gold in Universiade
Mahlagha Jambozorg of Iran clinches gold at the women's 50m prone in Gwangju Universiade.

Mahlagha Jambozorg of Iran clinches gold at the women's 50m prone in Gwangju Universiade.

Iranian rower Ali Shah-Mohammadnia clinches a bronze medal at the 2015 Asian Rowing Junior Championships in China.

A bomb blast at a government office has killed at least 25 people in northern Nigeria.

A bomb attack carried out by the Taliban hits NATO forces in the Afghan capital, wounding three people.

Iran's chess grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami shines at the 43rd Annual World Open in the United States.

The EU foreign policy chief says the Iran-P5+1 talks will continue 'for the next couple of days.'

Saudi Arabia plans to invest up to $10 billion in Russia over the next five years in the latest bid by the kingdom to endear itself to a traditional energy rival.

Saudi warplanes bomb a German hospital in the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah.

The terminally ill claiming state benefits in Britain are being asked their expected time of death.

An Indian woman who had allegedly been set on fire by two police officers in India succumbs to her injuries.

An international lawyer says that voting for Hillary Clinton means voting for “the Israeli hard right and the US war machine.”

A group of students face trial in a military court in Thailand over their participation in an anti-coup rally.

Four of the UK’s largest charities are to be investigated after claims that their fundraisers are contacting those who have opted out of nuisance calls.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos replaces some of the country’s top military leaders after a damning report by the Human Rights Watch.

Iran is advancing a massive steelmaking project being promoted as the country’s “South Pars” of the steel industry.

Saudi security forces arrest two Saudi brothers suspected of having links to the recent bombing of a Shia mosque in Kuwait, with a third being nabbed in Kuwait.

Paris decides not to deliver two Mistral-class warships to Russia, says the French defense minister.

The World Health Organization (WHO) calls on governments to raise taxes on tobacco.