
IRAQ
‘ISIL recruiting Iraqi kids for bombing’
The ISIL Takfiri group is recruiting children in the restive Iraqi province of al-Anbar to train would-be bombers, a tribal leader says.

The ISIL Takfiri group is recruiting children in the restive Iraqi province of al-Anbar to train would-be bombers, a tribal leader says.

The ruling party wins controversial parliamentary elections in Burundi.

Iran says Saudi Arabia’s attacks on Yemen are a blatant violation of human rights.

Armed men, disguised as UN troops, raid the state radio facilities in the capital of the Central African Republic.

Russia’s volleyball team defeats Iran in straight sets at the 2015 Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea.

Russia inspects the combat readiness of its troops in Armenia in a snap check amid popular protests in the country.

An Afghan government delegation is in Pakistani to hold direct talks with representatives of the Taliban militant group.

Kish gas field in southern Iran will produce 9 bcm of natural gas per year when fully developed.

Around 200 detonators and explosives are stolen from a military site in southern France.

China says it seeks to expand strategic cooperation with Russia.

GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush said former NSA contractor Edward Snowden should receive “no leniency” for his leak of US surveillance programs.

The UN says the number of civilians killed in three months of crisis in Yemen has topped 1,500.

A top Iranian military official says Saudi Arabia’s arms acquisition and support for ISIL terrorists fuel regional insecurity.

An inquest has found that the 2013 death of a 23-year-old factory worker was the result of being restrained and tasered by police.

Syrian Kurds liberate 10 villages in the northern part of the country from the control of ISIL terrorists.

A senior US official says Iranian and P5+1 negotiators are close to an agreement over Tehran’s nuclear energy program, but they have still some differences.

New report shows the Islamic Republic ranks 21st worldwide in terms of biotechnology productions.

Russia says its policy regarding Syrian President Assad's role in settling the crisis in his country has not changed.