SOCIETY
US, EU adopt new data transfer rules
A new agreement between the United States and the European Union on the surveillance of cross-border internet data flow has come into effect.
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SUDAN
'Violence has displaced 36k in Juba'
The UN says 36,000 people have been displaced by violence in South Sudan's capital.
ECONOMY
Iran to buy planes from Mitsubishi
Iran has reportedly started talks to purchase planes from Mitsubishi Aircraft – the aviation arm of Japan’s industrial giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
SPORTS
Iran swimmer eyes Rio breaststroke glory
Iranian swimmer Aria Nasimi-Shad aims to better Iran’s 200m breaststroke record at Rio Olympics.
POLITICS
Saddam fate awaits Faisal, his ilk: Iran
Iran says the former Saudi intelligence chief and his ilk face a fate similar to that of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.
VENEZUELA
Maduro slams US for 'financial blockade'
President Maduro censures the "financial blockade" imposed on Venezuela by an American bank.
SYRIA
‘300k cut off from aid in Syria’s Aleppo’
A United Nations spokeswoman says escalating fighting in Syria’s Aleppo has cut off 300,000 people from humanitarian supplies.
POLITICS
Brits attend Black Lives Matter protest
Thousands of people attend 'Black Lives Matter' protest in Manchester.
POLITICS
‘Airstrikes will fail to uproot terrorism’
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says airstrikes will fail to uproot terrorism.
IRAQ
Iraqi forces retake villages near Mosul
Iraqi troops liberate two villages in southern Mosul from the grip of Daesh terrorists.
SPORTS
Iran outdoes Pacific Oceania in tennis
Iranian tennis players have defeated rivals from Pacific Oceania at the 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in Tehran.
SOCIETY
Porn a ‘public health crisis’ in US: GOP
Pornography in the United States has become “a public health crisis” and a “public menace” that is destroying the lives of millions, Republican delegates say.
ENERGY
Iran body approves new oil deals
A top Iranian governmental body has approved the text of the country’s new oil sector contracts after addressing criticisms that they undermine national interests.
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Singapore jails 4 Bangladeshis for terror
Singapore imprisons four Bangladeshi workers for their role in financing terrorist activities in their homeland.
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi arrests senior Shia cleric
Saudi Arabia arrests a senior cleric from the country’s minority Shia community.
EU
27 killed in Italy train crash
At least 27 people are killed when two passenger trains collide head-on in southern Italy.
VENEZUELA
Venezuela ‘seizes facilities of US firm’
The Venezuelan government says it has taken control of the Venezuela-based facilities belonging to a US firm.
PERSIAN GULF
Bahrain must free Rajab: Rights bodies
Dozens of Bahraini and international rights groups urge the Al Khalifah regime to free prominent activist Nabeel Rajab.
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