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The Cassini space probe has taken a picture from the Earth when it was some 1.4 billion kilometers away from our planet.

The Cassini space probe has taken a picture from the Earth when it was some 1.4 billion kilometers away from our planet.

The Trump administration will not grant sanctions waivers to any US companies that wish to drill for oil in Russia, the Treasury Department says.

Israeli warplanes have once again targeted Syria’s Golan Heights, following alleged mortar fire from Syria.

Turkey's main opposition party files an appeal at the country's highest administrative court against the result of the recent referendum.

A UK law firm handling complaints by Iranian nationals who have had their bank accounts in Britain closed because of their nationality says closures continue.

Pakistani former top general departs for Riyadh to assume new post as Saudi-led alliance chief.

A judge on Friday ordered Volkswagen to pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty in the United States for cheating on diesel emissions tests.

Syrian army soldiers have found and destroyed a long tunnel used by militants near the capital Damascus.

British Prime Minister Theresa May says the result of the country’s upcoming national election is “not certain."

The Iranian foreign minister says the US has so far defied both the letter and spirit of the JCPOA.

Twenty-six members of a hunting party, including Qatari royals, who were captured in Iraq more than a year ago, are freed.

The Russian deputy foreign minister says Moscow opposes the non-productive US efforts to role all claims into one.

Deadly violence between government forces and tribal militias in DR Congo's central Kasai region has forced more than a million people from their homes over the past eight months, according to the UN.

President Assad says the Damascus government is absolutely certain that Takfiri militants in Syria get chemical weapons directly from Turkey.

Cazeneuve accused the far-right presidential candidate of seeking to take advantage of a recent attack in Paris to gain political profit.

A top Iranian cleric urges the live broadcast of the forthcoming presidential election debates to boost the nation’s insight.

The US has deployed a special nuclear "sniffer" aircraft, surveillance drones, and U-2 spy planes to monitor a possible nuclear test by North Korea, a report says.

As many as 140 Afghan soldiers have been killed and injured in an attack by Taliban gunmen on a military compound in the northern province of Balkh.