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Belgium calls up army over strike
The Belgian government call up the country’s military to deploy forces in prisons amid guards' strike.

The Belgian government call up the country’s military to deploy forces in prisons amid guards' strike.

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh says the country will not join the Saudi-proposed oil freeze plan until its oil production reaches 4 million barrels per day (bpd).

The Iranian national women’s futsal team finishes third at Victory Day Women Cup 2016 in Russia.

A London council chief quits after an elections blunder turned voters away from polling stations.

Hezbollah and allies register a ‘complete victory’ in local elections in east Lebanon.

Donald Trump has dismissed unity of the Republican Party as a prerequisite for winning the White House.

Moroccan ultra runner Mohamad Ahansal is crowned at end of Silk Road Ultra Marathon in Loot Desert, Iran.

British banks have been invited to meet John Kerry to discuss the removal of sanctions against Tehran.

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann quits after far-right election triumph.

A BBC reporter and his team are expelled from North Korea for covering distorted facts.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry summons Kuwait's charge d’affaires over the country’s recent hosting of an anti-Tehran meeting.

At least 13 people, including five paramedics, are killed in a fresh Saudi airstrike in Yemen despite peace talks which a Houthi official says have little chance of success.

Iranian taekwondo practitioners claim the title at the end of the 27th edition of Fajr Open in Tehran.

Foreign Ministry spokesman says Iran is in constant consultations with Russia over Syria.

A group of Iranian lawmakers urge the administration to stop implementing the JCPOA if the US continues its non-compliance with the deal.

The death toll from a landslide in Chinese has risen to 22, with 17 people still missing.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the EU of “dictatorship” and “cruelty” over a recent wave of refugees.

A new report suggests that the US Army is frantically getting smaller in size.