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Iranian judoka snatches Asia bronze
Iranian judoka Saeed Molaei wins a bronze medal at the Asian Judo Championships 2016 in Uzbekistan.

Iranian judoka Saeed Molaei wins a bronze medal at the Asian Judo Championships 2016 in Uzbekistan.

The US will use more Special Operations forces and Army attack helicopters to step up the fight against Daesh, officials said.

The African Union (AU)’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) apologizes for mistakenly killing four civilians in the country.

Netanyahu claims the occupied Golan Heights will be part of Israel forever.

China performs some extensive training drills in South China Sea amid disputes over maritime borders.

Iranian male and female table tennis players secure three places in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Valiollah Seif, the head of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), has described as unfair and illogical a call by Saudi Arabia on Iran to freeze its oil output.

Iran’s President Rouhani says followers of all religions must unite to counter terrorism and violence.

Thousands of oil industry workers in Kuwait start an open-ended strike over wages and privatization.

US presidential candidate Donald Trump said Saturday his rival Ted Cruz has no chance of winning the Republican party's nomination.

The Iranian intelligence minister says security forces have arrested a terrorist in a western province of the country.

At least four Yemeni policemen are killed as they thwarted a car bomb attack on the Aden airport.

The latest UN figures show 600 Afghan civilians were killed and 1,343 others injured in the first quarter of this year.

Brazil's lower house of congress is to vote on whether to go on with the impeachment of President Rousseff.

The Syrian army forces wrest control of a military airport near the capital city of Damascus.

A new report shows that the Chicago Police Department uses excessive force against people of color.

Telegram Company reportedly deletes the account of Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah satellite television network.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says powerful Armed Forces defends Iran’s interests and borders.