
RUSSIA
'No Russian boots in Palmyra ops'
Kremlin says Russian ground forces did not take part in the operation to liberate the Syrian city of Palmyra.

Kremlin says Russian ground forces did not take part in the operation to liberate the Syrian city of Palmyra.

A joint venture to manufacture cars in the Persian Gulf sultanate of Oman by Iran will begin in a year, an Iranian official has said.

Taliban militants reportedly fire rockets into the Afghan parliament compound.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemns a bloody terrorist attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

Bangladeshi court rules against scrapping Islam as the state religion in the country with a 90-percent Muslim population.

A Syrian official says the ancient city of Palmyra can be restored in five years.

US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders says his overwhelming victory in the Saturday caucuses can help him win the support of elected Democratic Party officials.

Prosecutors in Belgium charge three more people over last week's attacks in Brussels.

Indian Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is likely to discuss Iran’s access to oil storage facilities in South India during his visit to Tehran next month, a report says.

A senior Iranian official says Tehran will continue its full support for Syria in its anti-terror fight.

A growing number of Israeli companies operating in settlements in the occupied West Bank have moved to the territories occupied in 1948, an Israeli group says.

Britain’s Prince Charles plans to visit Iran for the first official royal trip in more than 40 years, The Sunday Times reports.

Republican frontrunner Trump rips the ‘crooked’ Republican Party for ‘favoring’ rival Cruz.

Scuffles break out between Greek police and a group of anti-refugee protesters in Greece’s second-largest city.

Thousands of Basques stage a rally in a northern Spanish city, demanding independence for the autonomous Basque region.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is coming under more pressure in a political crisis that may well end her career.

The US president has reportedly rejected his Turkish counterpart’s offer on a mosque opening in Maryland.

Iran strongly condemns recent deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan and Iraq.