BUSINESS
Maduro declares economic emergency
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro declares a 60-day nationwide economic emergency.
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SYRIA
‘Saudi terror ties hinder Syria peace’
The Syrian foreign minister says Saudi Arabia’s support for terrorists in his country hampers peace efforts for Syria.
POLITICS
Senators: 'Gitmo North' in US illegal
Republican senators warn the Pentagon that its plan to shut down the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is illegal.
POLITICS
Zarif in Vienna for ‘Implementation Day’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is in Vienna for high-level talks talks on the implementation of a landmark nuclear agreement.
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Militants kill 7 in northern Mali
Two separate attacks in northern Mali leave four assailants and three security officers killed.
BUSINESS
Oil prices plummet to 12-year lows
Oil prices drop to below $30 a barrel for the first time in 12 years.
TURKEY
Turkey remands 15 over wiretap charges
Turkish security forces remand 15 people in custody in connection with alleged wiretapping against officials.
SYRIA
'No one cares more about Syria than govt.'
Syria’s deputy UN envoy says no one cares more about the Syrian nation than the government of President Assad.
INTERVIEWS
'US always finds excuse to threaten Iran'
“The United States will always find an excuse to threaten new sanctions on Iran,” says an American political analyst.
ECONOMY
Obama authorizes aircraft sale to Iran
US President Barack Obama lifts a decades-old ban on the export of civilian passenger aircraft to Iran.
PALESTINE
Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli military forces kill two more Palestinians during clashes in the central part of the besieged Gaza Strip.
ECONOMY
Thailand plans Iran trade jump to $5bn
Thailand hopes to bring its trade transactions with Iran to $5 billion from the current $356 million.
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‘US, UK in Saudi war room against Yemen’
Saudi Arabia says that the US and UK military advisers are in “command center” with Riyadh in its war against Yemen.
FOREIGN POLICY
WH: GOP wanted ‘bloody war’ with Iran
The White House says Republicans wanted a “bloody war” with Iran over its detention of trespassing US sailors.
CHINA
Polls open in Taiwan presidential vote
People in Taiwan are going to the polls in presidential and parliamentary elections.
MILITARY
Video shows US blowing up ISIL cash
The Pentagon has released footage purporting to show its recent bombing of a Daesh (ISIL) cash storage in Iraq.
INTERVIEWS
‘GOP pushing Rand Paul out of race’
Republicans are no longer interested in having Senator Rand Paul among contenders for the 2016 US presidential race, says an analyst.
SOCIETY
Photo Ark to freeze Earth fauna
American photographer Joel Sartore is halfway in his mission to save studio-quality images of captive animals.
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