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Afghanistan peace deal positive step: Iran
An Iranian diplomat says Tehran welcomes a landmark peace deal in Afghanistan as a positive step forward.

An Iranian diplomat says Tehran welcomes a landmark peace deal in Afghanistan as a positive step forward.

Figures show China took over Japan last year to become the world’s second-biggest cross-border investor after the US.

"It is not realistic to reach the final agreement by the end of the Obama administration," Slovakia's trade minister says.

Iraqi army forces and allied fighters have managed to take control of Jazirah al-Baghdadi district in the country's western province of Anbar.

The UN rights chief says refugees, including many children, have been living in limbo in Macedonia since March.

US and Western media coverage of Russia and Syria consists of virtually nothing but lies, an American writer says.

President Rosen Plevneliev and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani discussed the establishment of a rail link from Iran to Europe through Bulgaria in their meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

One of the three was Syrian, while the two others have both Swedish and Iraqi nationalities.

The joint drill will take place in mountainous areas with about 200 military personnel from both sides involved.

Nearly half of voters believe that Donald Trump, if elected president, would allow use of a nuclear weapon against terrorist groups, a poll shows.

Iran plans to establish an oil swap scheme with Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) which will be similar to a similar scheme it has previously established with several Caspian states.

The Lebanese army says recently captured Daesh militant commander Imad Yassine was planning simultaneous bombings across the country.

The Iranian president says the United States has promised to change the way it is implementing the JCPOA.

The survivors say about 450 refugees were on board the boat when it sank.

The US policy position on Syria has been exposed as a house of cards by Kerry’s testimony before the UN on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia has reported voiced readiness to cut its oil production if Iran agrees to freeze its output until the end of 2016.

A senior Iranian commander says the country’s air defense forces warn off an American U2 spy plane trying to violate Iran’s airspace.

The United Nations has condemned the Saudi airstrike in Yemen's western province of Hudaydah, which killed at least 32 people.