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Germany, Italy begin S Sudan evacuations
Germany and Italy start evacuating nationals from South Sudan.

Germany and Italy start evacuating nationals from South Sudan.

A Bahraini court denies bail for Nabeel Rajab as the human rights activist remains behind bars over critical online comments.

Two Chinese civilian aircraft have landed at two new airports on reefs controlled by China in the South China Sea a day after a tribunal in The Hague denied Beijing's claims to the energy-rich waters.

Iran's junior volleyball team breezes past Sri Lanka in Chinese Taipei.

The French foreign minister has reportedly met with Hezbolla lawmakers in Lebanon.

President Rouhani says Iran can restore all those aspects of its nuclear program that it has agreed to limit under a deal if the agreement is violated.

Labour MP Owen Smith says he will stand against Jeremy Corbyn in the race for the UK opposition party leadership.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi calls for unity among all Iraqi factions to preserve military gains on the ground against Daesh.

The Palestinian envoy to the UN says Arab nations seek to block a report by the Quartet on the Middle East.

A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic’s missile capabilities serve the country’s national interests and will not be done away with.

The EU has criticized Israel for approving a controversial law enabling the regime to force Israeli NGOs to declare their foreign funding.

The US will meet its target of settling 10,000 Syrian refugees in the country this fiscal year, Secretary of State John Kerry says.

A report reveals an April meeting in the United States between Nader Bakkar, a senior Salafist from Egypt, and former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.

Thousands of South Koreans have protested against a planned deployment of US-built THAAD missile system in Seongju which is home to 40,000 people.

Indian premier has held an emergency meeting over escalating violence in Kashmir protests.

A car bomb attack kills at least seven people and injures 11 others at an area to the north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says his country aims to develop good relations with Syria and Iraq.

Israeli military forces shoot dead a young Palestinian man and injure another near the occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem).