
POLITICS
Putin: No obstacles for Iran to join SCO
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has failed to initiate the accession process for Iran.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has failed to initiate the accession process for Iran.

Bahraini regime forces have attacked the supporters of top Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim in the northwestern village of Diraz.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tries to soften the tone of a Middle East Quartet report critical of the Tel Aviv regime regime’s policies.

Britain's EU referendum is proving too close to call, with Leave getting more votes than expected in early results.

A civilian has been killed and two soldiers lightly wounded in a bomb attack against a gendarme outpost in southeastern Turkey.

A US judge has acquitted a Baltimore police officer of all charges in the death of 25-year-old African-American detainee Freddie Gray in 2015.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are tied in North Carolina, while Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson is hurting Trump in the swing state, a new poll shows.

Syrian army and allied forces have killed a senior commander of the Takfiri Ajnad al-Sham militant group in the northern province of Aleppo.

US military officials are preparing for more troops deployment in Iraq, a senior military commander says.

A large funeral ceremony is held for a Palestinian teenager shot and killed by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank.

Kuwait bars anyone convicted of insulting the emir from standing in national elections.

The British Pound rose to a record level for 2016 as voters in the UK headed to polling stations on Thursday to vote if Britain should remain in the EU.

The French embassy in Riyadh says Saudi prince bin Salman is to visit Paris next week to boost ties.

British people can no longer stand their government’s policies regarding terrorism and economic problems.

The Iranian foreign minister says Iran and the Netherlands have grounds aplenty for enhanced cooperation.

Human Rights Watch calls on Egypt to free four members of a satirical group.

The United States is suffering from a “huge epidemic” of heroin addiction, according to the United Nations.

British Airways has announced that it has put back the resumption of its direct flight service to Iran – earlier scheduled for mid-July – to as late as September citing technical reasons.