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Iran routs Malaysia in FIBA Asia games
Iran’s national basketball team routs Malaysia at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in China.

Iran’s national basketball team routs Malaysia at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in China.

Matthias Mueller, Volkswagen's new boss, says he will do all in his powers to pull the embattled carmaker out of the wreckage of a pollution test rigging scandal.

The UK plans to extend use of surveillance aircraft in Iraq and Syria.

Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says Iran will hold a conference to unveil its new oil contracts in Tehran instead of London.

A prominent Saudi tweeter says Saudi authorities had been warned against congestion and lack of organizations hours before Mina tragedy.

Racial tensions are on the rise in the Malaysian capital with opposition forces and Chinese businessmen preparing for clashes with a local Malay group.

US House Speaker John Boehner's sudden resignation is starting a leadership battle in Congress.

Thousands of people stage demonstrations across Bahrain against the ruling Al Khalifa regime.

Azeri forces reportedly kill four Armenians near the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.

The UN migrant rights expert delays visit to Australia due to Canberra’s secrecy over asylum seekers.

Iran reclaims its place as the biggest producer of pistachio nuts from the US which is facing one of its worst harvests, an official says.

A senior Iranian official says Saudi authorities’ shirking their responsibility for the Mina deadly crush is unacceptable.

Islamic Society of Britain has called for inquiry into Mecca deadly stampede.

Seven people have died in a landslide at a Sri Lanka tea plantation.

Washington is reportedly preparing for a possible war with Russia in eastern European states neighboring the country.

Yemeni forces kill 13 Saudi soldiers and shoot down a Saudi Apache helicopter in the kingdom’s southwest.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says American companies can take advantage of the situation in post-sanctions Iran.

The United States plans to undermine Russia’s military groundwork in Syria to defeat the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group.