
SYRIA
Militant infighting kills 140 in N Syria
Infighting between the Daesh terrorist group and rival militants for control of two towns in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo kills nearly 140 people.

Infighting between the Daesh terrorist group and rival militants for control of two towns in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo kills nearly 140 people.

Britain is about to announce massive deployments to NATO’s eastern frontier with Russia, a report suggests.

Iranian referee Masoud Rezvani has been elected to officiate water polo matches at Rio 2016 Olympics.

Iran’s second largest auto manufacturer SAIPA has signed an agreement worth $1 billion with South Korea’s SK Networks over providing funds for buying spare parts and production materials.

Election-related violence leaves at least 10 people, including two candidates, dead in Bangladesh.

Iranian male athletes clinch seven medals at the 2016 Asian Sambo Championship in Turkmenistan.

The Iranian foreign minister heads to Poland on the first leg of his four-nation North European tour.

The UN refugee agency says up to 700 asylum-seekers may have lost their lives in three shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea over the past few days.

Five Ukrainian soldiers are killed in clashes in the country's troubled east.

President Hassan Rouhani has told Ukraine's foreign minister that peace and stability in eastern Europe is important to Iran.

Iran says it will not take part in this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca because of "obstacles" created by Saudi Arabia.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls refuses to concede defeat to labor reform protesters.

Iraqi forces push towards Fallujah, encircling the city as part of a liberation operation.

The Israeli deputy prime minister acknowledges to have visited Syria’s Aleppo secretly.

Sixteen people die in a fire at a residential building in a village near the Ukrainian capital.

Jordan’s King Abdullah has dissolved parliament in a royal decree to pave the way for the formation of a new government.

Saudi senior cleric has banned taking selfies with cats, a bizarre ruling based on Saudi Wahhabism.

NBA player Bryce Dejean-Jones was fatally shot after he broke into an apartment in Dallas on Saturday.