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‘EU may delay training Libyan coastguards’
The EU may have to delay training Libyan coastguard officers as part of a plan to curb refugee trafficking.

The EU may have to delay training Libyan coastguard officers as part of a plan to curb refugee trafficking.

The Syrian parliament speaker will pay an official visit to Iran soon to hold talks with senior Iranian officials.

Israel says the barrier surrounding the besieged Gaza Strip will include a wall deep below the ground as well as well as a fence above the ground.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will attend their first head-to-head debate with identical support among voters.

Iran says Japan’s Marubeni has signed a deal to fund as much as €320 million of projects of Iran’s Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (PGPIC).

The Iranian parliament speaker says the support by world powers and some regional countries for terrorists fuels insecurity in Iraq and Syria.

Four Chadian soldiers and seven Boko Haram militants are killed in clashes across Nigeria-Chad border.

China begins using the world's biggest radio telescope in a bid to hunt alien signals.

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh will leave for Algiers to attend the 15th Ministerial meeting of the International Energy Forum (IEF).

The Israeli military says the indictments were made for posts on social media websites such as Facebook, a popular network among Palestinians.

Iran says the United Arab Emirates must accept the realities and stop repeating unfounded claims.

Hundreds of mourners have held a funeral ceremony in Tulsa, Oklahoma for unarmed African American man who was fatally shot by a white female police officer.

Iran women’s national under-19 soccer team slumps to Thailand in a friendly match in Bangkok.

China’s Air Force carries out long-range drills and patrols in the Western Pacific region.

World Chess Federation has awarded 16-year-old Iranian athlete Parham Maqsoudlou the Grandmaster title.

Turkey's president claims his government is ready to join the battle for the liberation of Syrian city of Raqqah from Daesh.

Three American universities have reported shootings and stabbings in the past 24 hours.

Iranian kurash wrestler Mohammad Hossein Sheikholeslami has clinched a gold medal at the 5th edition of Asian Beach Games in Vietnam.