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Boeing reps in Iran for jet sales: Minister
Boeing representatives are currently in Tehran, discussing the US planemaker’s planned sale of commercial aircraft to Iran, an Iranian minister says.

Boeing representatives are currently in Tehran, discussing the US planemaker’s planned sale of commercial aircraft to Iran, an Iranian minister says.

Lebanese authorities arrest three Saudi women and their seven children as they were trying to join the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in Syria.

UK food bank charities have sharply criticized the poverty “scandal” in Britain.

Pakistan says six crew members of a helicopter, who were taken hostage after the aircraft crash-landed in Afghanistan, have been released.

Brazilian police arrest 50 protesters in Rio de Janeiro following scuffles near the Olympics venue.

A senior Iranian official says the presence of the United States and Saudi Arabia in Syria is illegal.

Zambia's main opposition leader takes an early lead over president Edgar Lungu in a tight presidential poll.

The UN human rights body voices concern about reports of abuse in the Australian-run detention facility on the Pacific island of Nauru.

A first cargo of Iranian oil for Poland since the lifting of sanctions will be arriving soon in Gdansk.

Bangladeshi police announce arrest of five members of a militant group that planned Dhaka bombings.

Turkish officials remand 14 judges and prosecutors in custody over alleged links to opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen.

The number of Britons who have left the country to join Daesh (ISIL) and similar extremist groups in the Middle East is on the rise.

Daesh reportedly executes five individuals who had been helping civilians in Iraq flee the areas controlled by the Takfiri terrorist group.

A Venezuelan court dismisses opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez's appeal against his 14-year prison sentence.

EU pledges continued support for Ukraine amid escalating tensions between Kiev and Moscow.

Yemeni army snipers kill three Saudi troops inside Saudi Arabia.

Iraqi security forces retake control of five villages south of the Daesh-held northern city of Mosul.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announces a 50-percent hike in minimum wage amid rampant inflation in the country.