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Azerbaijan police kill five Shias
Azeri policemen kill five Shia Muslims and arrest 32 others as the government toughens its crackdown on Shias.

Azeri policemen kill five Shia Muslims and arrest 32 others as the government toughens its crackdown on Shias.

Iran has strongly rejected calls by some OPEC peers to delay a decision to increase its oil production after the removal of the sanctions.

BBC veteran acknowledges a serious distraction over his role in media coverage of the Kids Company.

Iran men's national soccer team has slid two places in the latest FIFA rankings.

Senior Iranian officials say an IAEA report on the country’s past and present activities proves the peaceful nature of Tehran’s nuclear program.

The Kremlin says it welcomes the UK’s airstrikes and any extra help in the fight against terrorist groups in Syria.

Putin says Turkey will regret 'more than once' its shooting down of a Russian fighter jet near the Turkish-Syrian border.

Russia has begun the delivery of the S-300 air defense system to Iran, reports say.

The Pentagon has wasted millions of dollars of taxpayer money on private villas in Afghanistan.

Switzerland arrests two more FIFA officials in an ongoing corruption probe.

A senior Iranian diplomat has warned against any Syria talks outside the mandate of the Vienna agreement.

Under pressure from soaring rents and housing benefit cuts, tenants in England face eviction.

Israeli forces have destroyed the home of a Palestinian man accused of killing a settler couple in the latest demolition in the West Bank.

The US and Russia are getting close to a dangerous confrontation over Syria, says an analyst.

An EU official says refugees should be detained for up to 18 months across Europe for security reasons.

Iraqi government forces inflict heavy losses on Daesh militants in different parts of the country.

A peace agreement signed in August by South Sudan's warring sides is at "a critical juncture,” the UN peacekeeping chief says.

Millions of pilgrims are in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala to attend mourning rituals on Arba’een.