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Iran female v-ballers lose out to Japan
Young Iranian female volleyball players lose to Japan at the 18th edition of the Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championship in Thailand.

Young Iranian female volleyball players lose to Japan at the 18th edition of the Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championship in Thailand.

Iran’s Payame Noor University 3x3 basketball team reaches the final match of the second edition of the Asian University 3x3 Basketball Championship.

Daesh has used thousands of Syrians as human shields in the battle in Manbij, says a US military spokesman.

Armenia says armed men holding police forces in Yerevan have released all the remaining hostages.

The Iranian foreign minister will pay a visit to four West African countries to improve relations.

Iran thrashes Indonesia at the 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship in Tehran.

The Yemeni army and their allies fire a ballistic missile at a military base in the Saudi city of Najran.

At least 16 people are killed after their bus smashes into an electricity pylon and overturns in northern Iran.

The White House has condemned the deadly shooting at a shopping mall in Munich, Germany, calling it an “apparent terrorist attack.”

Iran routs Jordan at the 15th edition of the Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship in Jordan.

Two bomb blasts killed 80 people during a protest in Afghanistan's capital Kabul.

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says Tehran and Moscow are to sign a heavy water sale agreement in the near future.

More than a dozen civilians are dead or injured after US warplanes launch fresh airstrikes in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo.

The Afghan army launches a major operation against Daesh-linked militants in the eastern province of Nangarhar.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says the UK wants to play a greater role on the world stage after its exit from the EU.

Thousands of Hazaras rally in the Afghan capital, protesting discrimination introduced in a direly-needed powerline project against the Shia Muslim community.

Heavy torrential downpours hit China, leaving at least 87 people dead and 16 million displaced.

Hundreds of protesters stage rallies in Iraq, calling for economic and political reforms to end corruption.