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France to sell more corvettes to Egypt
France says it is in talks with Egypt to sell to the Arab country two more advanced warships.

France says it is in talks with Egypt to sell to the Arab country two more advanced warships.

A senior Iranian commander says Iran's Armed Forces are capable of countering any threat.

Germany’s BASF, the world’s biggest chemical maker, has announced that it plans to return to the Iranian market.

A senior Fatah member is gunned down in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon.

The US wants to “strengthen the puppet government” in Ukraine against mass opposition, an analyst says.

Unknown gunmen open fire in Turkey’s Istanbul, wounding two officers.

Unidentified gunmen shoot dead a Shia activist in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi.

Author Alan Hart says the world today is witnessing a rising global tide of anti-Israelism.

Burundi's main opposition leader urges a new election following the re-election of the incumbent president for a third consecutive term.

Reports show the US Justice Department has punished two firms for allegedly evading Iran sanctions.

The majority of American politicians are still “afraid” of challenging the influential pro-Israel lobby in the United States, says an analyst.

Syrian soldiers and Hezbollah fighters gain more ground against Takfiri elements in Zabadani.

Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hezbollah, says the Lebanese resistance movement is proud of being targeted by the US.

Iranian athletes secure places in the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 21 people in northeastern Nigeria, residents say.

A sniper shoots dead a police guard in the restive northern Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid.

Iran says it is conducting the last stages of testing a pipeline to export gas to Iraq.

The PKK militant group attacks a construction site in the southeast of Turkey, kidnapping 15 workers, Turkish media say.