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Iraq violence killed 1,119 in March: UN
Latest UN figures show that violence left 1,119 Iraqis dead and 1,561 others injured in Iraq in March 2016.

Latest UN figures show that violence left 1,119 Iraqis dead and 1,561 others injured in Iraq in March 2016.

Iran and Oman have jointly picked the route to lay a subsea pipeline to carry Iranian natural gas to the Persian Gulf sultanate.

Obama has voiced concern over the Turkish government’s approach toward freedom of the press.

Russia’s UN envoy submits to the Security Council purported evidence showing that Turkey is transferring arms to Daesh terrorists in Syria.

Brazil’s Sao Paulo witnesses hundreds-strong protest against the embattled government of President Rousseff Rousseff.

China says Iran-P5+1 nuclear deal proves that other issues could be resolved through diplomacy.

Official figures show Iran's trade surplus turned positive March 2015-2016 for the first time after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Saudi Arabia plans to sell its oil assets amid the rising cost of the war on Yemen and low oil prices.

German spy agencies and police have reportedly been running an intelligence-for-asylum program in cooperation with US officials.

The UN Security Council adopts a resolution that paves the way for the deployment of unarmed UN police to Burundi.

President Obama blasts Donald Trump for suggesting that Japan and South Korea should get nuclear weapons.

The UN nuclear agency confirms that Iran has remained committed to a nuclear agreement with the P5+1.

The latest figures on Brazil's industrial output show the country's recession is deepening.

The US president has acknowledged that civilians have been killed in drone attacks in Muslim nations.

Iraqi security forces backed by allied forces have managed to recapture four areas in the western province of Anbar.

US President Barack Obama says world powers should carry out their end of the Iran nuclear deal.

Syria rejects France’s accusation that it violated the ongoing ceasefire by launching airstrikes near Damascus.

A US drone strike in Somalia has targeted a key leader of the al-Shabab militant group, the Pentagon says.