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China blocks UNSC N Korea condemnation
China blocks a US-drafted UN Security Council statement condemning North Korea over its latest missile test.

China blocks a US-drafted UN Security Council statement condemning North Korea over its latest missile test.

Hezbollah says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is the best protection against preventing the partition of Syria.

George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are to blame for the death of Army Captain Humayun Khan in Iraq, says an author.

Thirty-three members of the US military, including a pregnant woman contract Zika Virus

Yemeni forces have launched a volley of Katyusha rockets at a Saudi National Guard base in the kingdom’s southern Jizan region.

Moscow says it had warned Washington about the use of toxic shells by a US-backed “moderate” militant group before the Tuesday attack.

Donald Trump’s VP pick, Mike Pence, breaks with his boss in backing House Speaker Paul Ryan in the upcoming Wisconsin primary.

The US and its allies destroyed Africa’s wealthiest nation, Libya, in order to re-colonize the African continent, an American journalist says.

The UK government is controlled by Zionists who aim to expand Israel through more wars in the Middle East, says an analyst.

Market figures show that India’s imports of oil from Iran in July rose by 21 percent compared to June.

Five villagers are killed in an attack by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s Kaduna state.

Most Germans believe that the government's refugee policy should not be blamed for terror attacks there, an opinion poll shows.

After many delays and budget overruns, the US Air Force says its F-35s are finally ready for combat.

South Sudan's president sacks six opposition ministers.

Iran says Saudi Arabia is responsible for last year’s Mina tragedy.

Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi says the first deliveries of Airbus planes could be made by the end of 2016.

Bahraini scholars slam the Al Khalifah regime’s crackdown on Shia figures.

A senior Iranian lawmaker says the supporters of terrorism in Syria are not immune from the backfiring of the menace.