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North Korea fires sub-launched missile
North Korea fires a submarine–launched ballistic missile off its east coast in the Sea of Japan.

North Korea fires a submarine–launched ballistic missile off its east coast in the Sea of Japan.

Hillary Clinton has taken a 12-percentage point lead over Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential race, according to a new poll.

Heavy floods claim the lives of over 300 people in eastern and central India.

One of Russia’s biggest aviation companies says it has entered talks with Iran over the sales of 60 light multirole helicopters.

The Turkish president and the Iraqi Kurdish leader discuss closing down schools affiliated with Fethullah Gulen.

The United States has deployed attack helicopters to Libya to help local forces fighting against Daesh, a US military official says.

Turkey says it will support an operation aimed at liberating a Syrian border town from Daesh.

The government in Britain dismisses concerns about selling arms to Saudi Arabia.

The Iranian parliament speaker says Iran and Malaysia have very close views on the crises in the Middle East.

Iran condemns Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip and desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque.

The royal police in Canada allow officers to wear hijab in a bid to boost recruitment of Muslim women.

Syrian government troops and Kurdish forces reach an agreement to stop fighting in the contested Syrian city of Hasakah.

Iran says its foreign trade revenue has surpassed $35.817 billion in five months.

Turkish and US justice officials discuss Ankara's demand for the extradition of Fethullah Gulen.

Third-party presidential candidates in the US face difficult obstacles from the two major political parties, a former third-party US Senate candidate says.

Pakistani police charge the exiled leader of the MQM movement with treason and inciting terrorism.

A US soldier is killed and another wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand.

Human Rights Watch accuses the Bahraini regime of systematically targeting Shia clerics and violating their right to free speech and assembly.