
KOREAS
MERS shuts 700 schools in South Korea
More than 700 schools in South Korea are shut temporarily as South Korea reports new MERS cases.

More than 700 schools in South Korea are shut temporarily as South Korea reports new MERS cases.

The Iranian foreign minister says calm and stability in Tajikistan are of strategic importance to Iran.

Gunmen kill a lawyer for former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt in the capital, Guatemala City.

Clashes break out between thousands of people protesting educational reforms.

Russian journalist Dmitry Zolotarev believes that Washington can no longer continue its self-imposed sanctions against Moscow.

Iran and the P5+1 group of countries start a fresh round of nuclear talks in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

Former US president George W. Bush is now more popular than his successor Barack Obama, according to a new poll.

Pakistan witnesses a 70-percent drop in the number of polio cases in the country, a Pakistani official says.

Cambodia receives a first group of asylum seekers transferred from Australia as part of a controversial deal between the two countries.

The relatives of the 43 students that went missing in Mexico last year clash with riot police.

US officials told the governor of Okinawa that there is no alternative but to build a military base on the southern Japanese island.

Unknown assailants kill four Thai soldiers and wound eight others in two ambushes in the southern part of the country.

Pakistan stresses the need for a peaceful settlement of Iran’s nuclear issue.

The EU and Libya are holding talks on forming a joint naval force to fight gangs that smuggle migrants into Europe.

The Iranian foreign minister calls for regional cooperation in order to combat terrorism and extremism.

The latest round of the talks between Greece and its international creditors end without a deal.

Israeli forces clash with Ethiopians during a protest rally in Tel Aviv against racism and police brutality.

US President Barack Obama is a “dishonest” broker in the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.