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Russia raps soccer fans arrest in France
Lavrov criticizes as “unacceptable” the recent detention of Russian football fans by the French police.

Lavrov criticizes as “unacceptable” the recent detention of Russian football fans by the French police.

The EU says Turkey must do more to meet the bloc's conditions for a visa-free agreement to take effect.

Iranian Paralympic archer Somayyeh Abbaspour secures a place at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

Nearly 7 in 10 American voters hold unvaforable views of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Warring parties discuss forming security committees to oversee a transition period aimed at ending Yemen’s conflict, the UN envoy says.

At least seven Iraqi soldiers are killed as a bomb targeted a military checkpoint south of the capital, Baghdad.

The national Iranian women’s inline hockey team suffers a 1-3 loss to Sweden at FIRS 2016 Championships in Italy.

Iranian hoopsters defeat Macedonia at the 2016 International Basketball Challenge in China.

President Rouhani says Iran's support for neighboring countries, such as Iraq, will continue.

French President Francois Hollande threatens to proscribe demonstrations amid violent protests against labor reforms.

John Kerry has warned Russia that US patience on the issue of President Assad's fate is running out.

Saudi Arabia has invited a UN team to Riyadh for talks after pressuring the world body into dropping the kingdom from a blacklist of rights violators.

Iranian female sports shooter Golnoush Sebghatollahi wins silver at the Olympic Games Training Camp in France.

The Syrian government says French and German forces are present in northern Syria, condemning it as an act of "aggression."

Iran’s foreign minister and his American counterpart discuss the implementation of the 2015 deal on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities.

A vote to leave the European Union would trigger tax hikes and spending cuts, Britain's finance minister warned Wednesday.

Tehran and Yerevan talk over the exports of electricity and related commodities.

Police in Bangladesh arm villagers with sticks and whistles to act against militants.