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Iran wins first Rio Paralympics medal
Iran’s Paralympian athlete Saman Pakbaz has collected a silver medal at the Rio Paralympics.

Iran’s Paralympian athlete Saman Pakbaz has collected a silver medal at the Rio Paralympics.

A Kuwaiti official says around 20,000 to 30,000 cultural entities worth $10 billion have been stolen from Arab nations.

Spanish authorities say at least four people are killed in a train accident in northwestern Spain.

Senate Republicans warn President Obama against any new push at the UN against nuclear weapons tests.

An anti-Iran Kurdish terrorist group says it has received military training and arms and ammunition from the US and European countries.

Millions of Muslims are gathering in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

The supporters of impeached president Dilma Rousseff rally in Brazil against the newly-installed chief executive.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with his Russian counterpart for another try at arranging a ceasefire in Syria.

Israeli military officials confirm the regime has begun work on an underground barrier along the Gazan border.

While Russia has stressed the need to support the legitimate Syrian government, Turkey has been offering support to anti-Damascus militants.

South Korean authorities say the 10-kiloton blast was nearly twice the fourth nuclear test and slightly less than the Hiroshima bombing.

Hillary Clinton vows to work closely with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if elected president.

Bahraini judiciary officials have postponed the trial of three Shia clerics to September 20.

A senior commander of the Takfiri Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, al-Qaeda's Syrian branch formerly known as al-Nusra Front, is killed in an airstrike near Syria's city of Aleppo.

The United States military admits to a failure in rescuing two universality professors held hostage in Afghanistan.

The main super-PAC behind US Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton raised a record $21.7 million in August.

Syria says it is ready to cooperate with the OPCW over allegations it used poisonous gas against a neighborhood of the northwestern city of Aleppo.

The Islamic Republic of Iran advises the Bahraini FM against following the path of those who are sowing division among Muslims.