SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi mufti ‘not to deliver Hajj sermon’
Saudi Arabia’s radical Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Sheikh will not be delivering this year’s Hajj sermon, Saudi media say, without explaining why.
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SYRIA
EU, Turkey welcome Syria truce deal
The EU and Turkey back a US-Russian deal for a truce in Syria that could include joint military campaign by the two countries against Takfiri groups.
SOCIETY
Trump fan attacks Muslim women in NY
A US woman is facing hate crime charges for attacking two Muslim women and their babies in New York.
SPORTS
Iran wheelchair b-ballers lose to Britain
Iran’s men’s national wheelchair basketball team suffers a 60-84 defeat from Britain at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games.
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Philippines prefers dialog with China
Philippine President Duterte says he prefers to engage in dialog with China over a territorial dispute instead of militarily confronting it.
POLITICS
Jill Stein calls for new 9/11 inquiry
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein calls for a new inquiry to find “the truth” about 9/11.
SPORTS
Iran held to goalless draw in Paralympics
Iran’s national 5-a-side football team is held to a goalless draw against Turkey in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
ENERGY
Iran-Total oil swap deal imminent: Report
Iran has been expanding its northern oil terminals to resume oil swap with Caspian Sea producers.
YEMEN
Fresh Saudi strike leaves 26 Yemenis dead
Saudi warplanes conduct a new round of airstrikes across Yemen.
KOREAS
UNSC to work on new N Korea sanctions
The UN Security Council convened at the request of Japan, South Korea, and the US to respond to the 10-kiloton blast.
INDIA
2 killed in fresh Indian Kashmir clashes
Indian-controlled Kashmir has been the scene of violence since July, when a militant commander was killed in a shootout with Indian troops.
SOCIETY
Drug deaths in UK hit record levels
A total of 3,674 people in the UK died of drug poisoning in 2015, the highest number since records began.
KOREAS
No capitulation to US blackmail: N Korea
The UN Security Council agrees to begin drawing up new sanctions against North Korea over its fifth nuclear test.
PERSIAN GULF
Bahrainis rally in support of Shia cleric
Scores of people take to the streets in Bahrain to express solidarity with Sheikh Issa Qassim.
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UN moves 300 S Sudanese to DR Congo
The UN says its peacekeepers in Congo have evacuated 300 backers of South Sudan’s opposition leader.
HUMAN RIGHTS
US inmates launch nationwide strike
Prisoners in two dozen American states have gone on strike to protest living conditions and “modern-day slavery."
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Cuba raps continuation of US bans
Cub says US embargo cost the Caribbean island's economy USD 4.6 billion last financial year and USD 125.9 billion in more than five decades.
NUCLEAR ENERGY
Iran launches 2 more units at N-plant
Iran inaugurates the second and third units at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.
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