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White House slams US gun control laws
The White House has criticized lack of tougher gun control laws in the United States, calling on Congress to adopt proper measures in this regard.

The White House has criticized lack of tougher gun control laws in the United States, calling on Congress to adopt proper measures in this regard.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged his country to vote for "stability" in November repeat elections.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has finally signed a peace deal with rebels to end months of deadly civil war in the youngest African country.

Tehran has called for the release of 19 Iranian nationals languishing in the US jails on charges of bypassing anti-Iran sanctions.

US Vice President Joe Biden says he is trying to assess whether he has the “emotional fuel” to run for president in 2016.

Peshmerga forces have liberated nine villages in Iraq’s Kirkuk and killed dozens of Daesh terrorists.

Russia’s President Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Sisi stress the importance of forming an international anti-terrorism coalition.

President Rouhani pays a visit to Eshaq Jahangiri, who has been in hospital due to a heart condition.

A black man that is suspected of killing two television journalists in Virginia for allegedly making racist comments, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Russia says it has urged Iran to withdraw a lawsuit filed over the non-delivery of contractually promised S-300 systems to Iran.

Turkish media say a notorious commander of a militant group in Syria has been killed in a car bomb explosion in Turkey.

The nuclear chiefs of Iran and China discuss cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear energy.

Israeli forces have reportedly stolen money and jewelry from a Palestinian house during a predawn raid in the occupied West Bank.

Police have arrested Vester Lee Flanagan in relation to the shooting death of two journalists in an on-air interview.

The bodies of 40 people are discovered on a migrant boat off Libya, the Swedish coastguard says.

Transocean offshore platforms operator cuts dividends as company’s revenue falls on oil price slump.

The Yemeni army and allied forces launch a Scud missile at a Saudi target, killing several Saudi forces.

A US drone kills three members of one family in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province.