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Car bomb blast hits eastern Turkish town
A car bomb blast hits the Turkish town of Ovacik in the eastern Tunceli province, injuring nine people.

A car bomb blast hits the Turkish town of Ovacik in the eastern Tunceli province, injuring nine people.

Iranian Paralympian swimmers collect 13 more medals at IDM 2016 in Germany.

Leaders in the Baltic countries and Poland fear the force that NATO plans to deploy on their territory is unable to confront Russia.

Some American lawmakers say they will push for tougher gun laws over Orlando killings.

Separate shootings across New York City have killed three people.

Pope Francis condemns as “brazen” the freedom with which weapons are circulated across the world.

One of the US Navy’s most advanced submarines has entered South Korea’s Busan port.

A UN report says Israel's occupation of the West Bank and its blockade of Gaza is the primary cause for Palestinian “humanitarian vulnerabilities.”

Police in Bangladesh arrest some 8,200 suspects in a major crackdown on militants and other suspects following a spate of murders in the country.

Germany is ready to make concessions to Turkey in order to tackle the refugee influx, a report says.

Donald Trump says President Obama should step down after the Orlando mass shooting.

A political expert says the US does not want to see the Iraqi army defeat Daesh terrorists, and rather wants a protracted war in the Arab country.

Twelve former officials with the deposed regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who were recently freed from prison, are found dead in Tripoli.

Yemenis stage a rally in the capital Sana’a against Saudi Arabia's atrocities in their country.

Afghan government forces kill 13 Takfiri Daesh terrorists during separate operations in the restive eastern province of Nangarhar.

The British government refuses to disclose information on migrant abuse at Yarl’s Wood detention camp.

Iranian troops kill five PJAK terrorists in the country’s northwest near the border with Turkey, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says.

The Israeli tourism ministry omits key Muslim and Christian holy sites in its so-called map of the Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem).