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Turkey passes law to restructure courts
Turkey's parliament has approved sweeping plans to restructure high courts and cement President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's control over the judiciary.

Turkey's parliament has approved sweeping plans to restructure high courts and cement President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's control over the judiciary.

Bill Clinton’s secret meeting with Loretta Lynch has caused has created a distraction for his wife’s presidential campaign.

The Iranian Navy chief says the country will probably hold joint naval drills with certain regional and extra-regional countries.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says the Israeli regime dreads the defeat of Daesh in Syria.

NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft is nearing the planet's magnetosphere.

An Israeli man has been killed and three family members wounded after an assailant opened fire at their car south of al-Khalil (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank.

Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) sacks four ministers of the recently-formed cabinet.

A top Iranian commander says over 100,000 Qaem missiles in Lebanon are ready to target the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.

Tony Blair has called for “serious statesmanship” in the negotiations with the EU that will shape the future of the UK after Brexit, warning “our nation is in peril.”

A commentator says President Assad's remarks show that the US coalition in Syria is fraying and its splits are emerging into the public view.

A UNICEF report has found that 3.6 million children are at risk from increasing violence in Iraq.

The European Union formally extends the economic sanctions against Russia until January 2017.

Germany tightens the Turkey travel advisory in the wake of recent attacks at the Istanbul Ataturk Airport.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu meet for the first time since the two countries broke ties after Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet last year.

Muslim pilgrims joining this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will have to wear an electronic safety bracelet.

A senior Iranian commander says the S-300 long-range missile defense system is to go operational in Iran by the end of the Iranian calendar year.

An author says the Al Saud regime does not care about the humanitarian situation and deaths of civilians in Yemen.

More than 500 clinics across the United States are marketing unapproved stem cell treatments for patients, a new study finds.