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Iraq FM asks US to send aid, not soldiers
The Iraqi foreign minister calls on US policy-makers to increase the flow of military aid to the country, not sending troops to fight on the ground.

The Iraqi foreign minister calls on US policy-makers to increase the flow of military aid to the country, not sending troops to fight on the ground.

The Chinese president denies US claims that Beijing is attempting to turn its artificial islands of South China Sea into military bases.

Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says at least 136 Iranian pilgrims were killed in the Mina crush.

Israelis have shot the Nablus police chief and his daughter in the West Bank, an official says.

Iraq's health ministry says the cholera epidemic in the crisis-hit Arab country has infected at least 161 people.

A high-level Polish delegation including pharmaceutical, chemical and railway executives is in Iran to discuss trade opportunities.

Switzerland temporarily bans the sales of VW group cars with the Euro 5 emission system.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says all countries should give priority to the anti-terror fight in Syria.

President Obama said the US and China reached a “common understanding” not to conduct cyber espionage.

Thousands in Spain attend a mass march to reaffirm their support for Catalonia’s independence from Madrid ahead of legislative polls in the region.

The Thai police say a man in their detention is indeed the attacker behind last month’s bombing of a shrine in Bangkok.

The Gates charity foundation files a lawsuit against the Brazilian Petrobras oil company and PwC accounting firm over corruption.

A political commentator says the Saudi authorities will not launch a transparent investigation into the stampede that reportedly killed some 2,000 in Mina.

The Iranian foreign minister calls for the timely implementation of the JCPOA.

Video footage shows a white police officer fatally shoot an unarmed 19-year-old African American man.

Australian foreign minister says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be part of a solution for the foreign-backed militancy in the Arab country.

A secret US intelligence assessment claims Russia will launch military strikes in Syria to boost the Assad government.

UK Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on the British premier to urge Saudi Arabia to commute the death sentence of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr