
IRAQ
‘US forces to leave Iraq after Daesh defeat’
The Iraqi prime minister says US military forces will not stay on in Iraq after the fight against the Daesh terrorist group is over.

The Iraqi prime minister says US military forces will not stay on in Iraq after the fight against the Daesh terrorist group is over.

The first magistrates court in Ankara dismissed the appeal filed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

The CIA has “hatched vicious plot” to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un involving “biochemical substances,” Pyongyang says.

The six candidates contesting the 12th Iranian presidential election face off in the second live televised debate.

The six candidates contesting Iran’s presidential elections are to join their second live debate ahead of the May 19 race.

The national Iranian volleyball team defeats Malaysia at the 2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship.

The German military has been rocked by a series of scandals involving the armed, including allegations of sexual abuses as well as a far-right plot.

A fire fight at a border crossing on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border leaves 15 people dead and 42 others injured.

Pentagon officials finally admit that a March airstrike in northern Syria did in fact hit a mosque, killing dozens of people.

Rights groups write to the US, the UN and the EU, urging them to pressure Manama to drop the baseless charges against Shia cleric Sheikh Qassim.

A US senator says a plan to set up safe zones in Syria may provide terrorist groups with the opportunity to rearm and attack again.

The Iranian intelligence chief says security forces busted around 30 terrorist teams planning to carry out attacks in different areas last year.

French centrist Emmanuel Macron sought to cement his frontrunner status Friday on the last day of campaigning for the weekend's election run-off.

China has sent its first homegrown passenger plane - the C919 – into the skies.

The national Iranian men's beach soccer team beats Switzerland 4-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Australia’s grand mufti has won a case against a media group that had published insulting articles against him.

A third Turkish national is detained by Malaysian police on suspicion of posing a security threat to the country.

The Iran men's national football team's place has remained unchanged in the latest FIFA rankings.