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GA president to meet UN chief candidates
The president of the UN General Assembly will meet with candidates for the post of the secretary general in June.

The president of the UN General Assembly will meet with candidates for the post of the secretary general in June.

President Putin says Russia's strikes in Syria helped turn the tide of the Damascus government’s anti-terror fight.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has rejected “ignorant” Donald Trump’s offer that he could be an exception to his proposed ban on all Muslims entering the US.

Saudi Arabia beheads 92nd person in the kingdom since the start of this year.

The Iranian foreign minister hails Germany's stance on the current realities in the Middle East.

Three people are killed in a car bomb attack in Turkey's Diyarbakir.

An Iranian military official says Takfiris are withholding the bodies of 12 IRGC advisers killed in Syria.

Hillary Clinton’s opposition to the anti-Israeli boycott movement signals that she would “lean heavily toward Israel.

Over a dozen Afghan police are killed in an attack by the Taliban close to Lashkar Gah.

A senior official from Ansarullah movement rejects reports of a prisoner swap deal between Yemen's warring parties.

Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima, where the US dropped its first atomic bomb nearly 71 years ago.

China scrambles fighter jets to warn a US warship off a disputed reef in the South China Sea.

A Turkish opposition leader criticizes efforts by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to introduce an executive presidency.

US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has another chance to block Hillary Clinton's path to the Democratic presidential nomination.

A senior Iranian official says any disintegration plan in the Middle East will spread regional insecurity.

Iranian Paralympic freestyle wrestler Foroud Hojjati has bid farewell to international career.

Greek police fire tear gas to stop a fight between frustrated refugees at a makeshift camp near the border village of Idomeni.

The French cabinet decides to bypass parliament vote to push through a highly contested labor reform bill.