AFP, Tehran :Moderate conservative Ali Larijani retained the speakership of Iran’s parliament Sunday despite major gains for reformists in February elections, benefiting from credit gained...
AP, Pozzallo :The UN refugee agency says over 700 migrants are feared dead in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks south of Italy in the last few...
Reuters, Riyadh :An Iranian delegation has left Saudi Arabia without an agreement for its citizens to perform Haj this year, Saudi media have reported.It was...
AP, Falluja :Iraqi government forces have made gains in their offensive to drive Islamic State militants from Falluja – one the country’s two major cities...
AFP, Los Angeles :His rallies are like raucous circuses, interrupted by the clamor of a captivated crowd that is quick to finish his sentences. Hers...
AFP, Washington :China risks creating a “Great Wall of self-isolation” through its continued military expansion in the South China Sea and its hacks on US...
PTI, Washington :A bipartisan group of four top US Senators have made a Congressional move pushing enhanced military and intelligence cooperation between the two nations,...
Dawn.com, Washington :The United States and Russia announced a joint strategy on Friday to intensify their efforts for quelling unrest in Syria.“We have decided to...
AFP, Athens :Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned Romania and Poland they could find themselves in the sights of Russian rockets because they are...
US offers olive branch to new Taliban leadershipDawn.com, , WashingtonThe United States offered an olive branch to the new Taliban leader when it asked him...
Agencies, Fallujah :More than 50,000 people were trapped in Fallujah as an offensive to push the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group...
AFP, Moscow :Russia’s defence ministry said Friday it was taking unprecedented measures to upgrade its military facilities on the far-eastern Kuril islands claimed by Japan.Colonel-General...
