AFGHANISTAN
Militants kill 12 Afghans, abduct 50
Unknown militants kill 12 passengers and abduct 50 others in two separate militant attacks.
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SYRIA
Thousands flee amid advance on Manbij
Thousands of civilians flee Syria’s key town of Manbij as Kurdish-Arab forces close in on the Daesh stronghold in the north.
ENERGY
More South Pars phases to come online
Iran is all set to launch two more phases of the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf.
POLITICS
Iran, Russia, Syria defense chiefs to meet
Iranian, Russian and Syrian defense ministers are to attend a trilateral meeting on the combat against terrorism and latest regional developments in Tehran on Thursday.
HUMAN RIGHTS
'British police training Saudi torturers'
British police are training Saudi officers despite concerns about the regime's dire human rights record.
CHINA
China army to get 1,000 strategic aircraft
The Chinese military’s aerial transport squadron is to be boosted by as many as 1,000 large strategic aircraft.
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Monkey causes nationwide blackout
A nationwide blackout has hit Kenya, with authorities saying it was caused by a monkey tripping a transformer at a hydropower plant.
INTERVIEWS
‘UN lost credibility over Saudi saga’
A commentator says the UN has lost its credibility over removing Saudi Arabia from a blacklist of child violations due to pressure from US and UK.
TURKEY
Deadly car bombing hits Turkish police
Turkish security sources say at least four people are killed after a car bomb attack hit a police station in the country's southeast.
IRAQ
Fallujah liberation ‘only few days away’
A top Iraqi commander says government forces will retake the troubled western city of Fallujah from Daesh within the next few days.
SAUDI ARABIA
‘Saudi threatens UN chief over blacklisting’
Saudi Arabia and its allies have reportedly piled pressure on the UN chief over the blacklisting of the kingdom for killing Yemeni children.
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Dozens injured, 4 dead in riots across PNG
Dozens of people are wounded and four reported killed in Papua New Guinea after police open fire on a student demonstration in the capital and riots erupted across the country.
EGYPT
Egypt jet in emergency landing after threat
An Egyptian passenger plane, en route from Cairo to Beijing, makes an emergency landing in Uzbekistan due to a bomb threat, a report says.
IRAQ
Iraqi PM sacks intel. chief, other officials
The Iraqi prime minister fires the country’s intelligence chief, the head of the state media, and the chief executives of six state-owned banks.
ECONOMY
Iran exports over quarter of its cement
A new report says Iran sold more than 25% of locally produced cement overseas last year.
FOREIGN POLICY
US to build 6 nuclear reactors in India
The US and India have agreed to move ahead with a plan to build six nuclear reactors in India.
INTERVIEWS
‘US to see historic low voter turnout’
An analyst says the US has come up with the two most disastrous candidates in recent years and it is going to see a very historic low voter turnout.
PALESTINE
‘UAE royal, Israel’s key livestock supplier’
An Emirati deputy prime minister is reportedly the key supplier of livestock to Israel.
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