MILITARY
‘US losing military edge to Russia, China’
Russia and China are pushing the US away from their territories through developing more advanced military technologies, American military analysts say.
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IRAQ
UN releases April death toll for Iraq
At least 741 people were killed in acts of violence in Iraq in the month of April, the UN says.
POLITICS
'Supporting Palestine is defending Islam'
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution says supporting the Palestinian cause symbolizes defending Islam.
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Vietnamese rally against Taiwan firm
Protesters in Hanoi rally against an industrial Taiwanese firm that they blame for the deaths of masses of fish along Vietnam’s central coast.
FRANCE
French take terror threats ‘very seriously’
A poll shows the French are highly worried about terror attacks in their country.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Protest held against San Francisco police
The police chief in San Francisco, California, is facing growing calls to step down following a racist texting scandal was disclosed last week.
SOMALIA
Shabab attack kills 15 Somali soldiers
At least 15 Somali soldiers are killed in a car bomb attack by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants northeast of the country’s capital.
POLITICS
S. Korea president in Tehran on key visit
South Korea's President Park arrives in Tehran for a historic visit.
SPORTS
Iran drawn in AFC U-19 games Group C
Iran’s national soccer team has been drawn in Group C of the 2016 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Championship to be staged in Bahrain.
SYRIA
Aleppo ‘calm period’ talks under way
Russia says talks are under way with a view to a freeze in fighting in the northwestern Aleppo Province.
SPORTS
Iran ranks 3rd in AFC U-14 championship
Iran girls’ national junior football team ranks third in the AFC U-14 Girls’ Regional Championship for the South and Central zone in Tajikistan.
SPORTS
Iranian weightlifters runner-up in Asia
Iranian weightlifters finish as the vice-champion at the 46th edition of the Senior Men’s Asian Weightlifting Championships in Uzbekistan.
IRAQ
38 killed in twin car bombs in Iraq
Two car bombings kill at least 38 people and injure 86 others in southern Iraq.
POLITICS
Seize US ships in Persian Gulf: Iran paper
A leading Iranian daily has suggested the country intercept US cargo ships in the Persian Gulf in response to the American "looting" of Iran's frozen assets.
ENERGY
Tehran has quadrupled oil sales to Seoul
A new report says South Korea’s Iranian crude imports have four-folded since January.
POLITICS
Iran halts flights to Baghdad over unrest
Iran cancels all flights to the Iraqi capital after demonstrators broke into the Green Zone in Baghdad.
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Filipino militants free Indonesian sailors
Ten Indonesian sailors kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants are released in the Philippines.
ECONOMY
UK in 'throes of housing crisis'
A new survey finds that 71 percent of Britons cannot buy a home without family help and 37 percent say home ownership is out of reach for good.
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