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Iranian tycoon buys half of Everton F.C.
Iranian businessman purchases a 49.9-percent stake in the English football club Everton.

Iranian businessman purchases a 49.9-percent stake in the English football club Everton.

The US state of Iowa passes a bill that would let children aged 14 and under use lethal weapons under adult supervision.

A man in Saudi Arabia has been jailed for 10 years and sentenced to 2,000 lashes over atheistic tweets.

Kurdish forces repel a massive Daesh attack on the northern Syrian town of Tal Abyad.

Kiev is preparing a special military unit in a bid to retake Crimea, the Ukrainian premier says.

US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says if elected, she will go after big banks on Wall Street that pose “a systemic risk.”

The UN warns that thousands of people are in need of aid in Swaziland hit by a severe drought.

French farmers heckle President Hollande during annual agricultural fair in Paris.

At least two Egyptian police officers are killed in a roadside bomb explosion in volatile Sinai Peninsula.

Palestinians hold a demonstration in the West Bank, calling for the boycott of Israeli products.

Russia's foreign minister and the US secretary of state have hailed the ceasefire in Syria.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran and Azerbaijan are taking steps to bolster strategic ties.

Colombia has registered about 43,000 cases of infection with the Zika virus.

G20 member states pledge to take advantage of all available tools in order to uplift the world’s sluggish economic growth.

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox says Donald Trump reminds him of Adolf Hitler.

An Israeli lawmaker says Israel is responsible for the assassination of top Hezbollah commander Samir Qantar in Syria.

Demonstrators protest against a strict curfew in southeastern Turkey.

British police have re-arrested a man on suspicion of murdering a Muslim Imam.