
POLITICS
Iran says wants trade with Malaysia doubled
The Iranian president says Iran and Malaysia plan to swiftly double the level of their trade exchanges.

The Iranian president says Iran and Malaysia plan to swiftly double the level of their trade exchanges.

The blasts hit a passenger train transporting military personnel while passing the town of Much.

The British pound has plunged more than 6 percent against the US dollar amid mounting concerns over the UK’s exit from the EU.

A pro-Palestinian activist says the United States has no option but to continue its support for Israel despite rare condemnation of illegal settlements.

Bernie Sanders slams Donald Trump as a billionaire who exemplifies the corrupt American political system.

A columnist says the United States is attempting to demonize Syria and Russia in a bid to prepare public opinion for future attacks.

The Nobel committee hails Santos for “his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end.”

North Korean state TV says hostile US policies led Pyongyang toward achieving nuclear power.

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child made the declaration in a scathing report on Saudi rights violations both in its war on Yemen and inside Saudi Arabia itself.

A political expert says some politicians in the US are "spoiling for a direct confrontation" with Russia.

The Iranian president calls for deeper relations with Malaysia upon arrival there for an official visit.

Satellite images suggest Pyongyang could be preparing for a new nuclear test, a monitoring group in the US says.

The planned expansion is feared to ultimately target Muslims who account for at least 60 percent of Frances’s prison population.

Naftali Bennett says Israelis must “give their lives” to ensure the annexation of the occupied West Bank.

Turkish troops will be faced with a “strong response” if they intervene in the upcoming Mosul battle, an Iraqi security official warns.

A leading British arms maker is in talks with Riyadh over a multi-billion-dollar deal, despite Saudi war crimes in Yemen.

The West has criticized Philippine government's war on crime but a new poll shows Filipinos overwhelmingly endorse the campaign.

The remarks come a day after a US official said Washington was “looking at the full range of options” against the Syrian army.