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Turkish MPs clash over immunity
A proposal for stripping lawmakers of their immunity stirs fresh brawl in the Turkish parliament.

A proposal for stripping lawmakers of their immunity stirs fresh brawl in the Turkish parliament.

Some 88,300 unaccompanied children sought asylum in the European Union (EU) in 2015, the EU's statistics agency says.

South Korean’s energy giant KOGAS has won a deal to study the development of Iran's Balal gas field in the Persian Gulf.

Sudan stresses its 'sovereign rights' over two contested border areas near the Red Sea.

Donald Trump says the Republican Party is rigged and its leaders plot against his nomination.

A former Australian priest is jailed for 29 years for sexually abusing a dozen children.

Iran’s President Rouhani urges expansion of strategic relations with South Korea in all fields.

Some 97 public schools in Detroit are closed as teachers called in sick in protest over pay.

The construction giant Saudi Binladin Group which was at the heart of a deadly crane accident in Mecca last September has reportedly fired 77,000 of its workers.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says the five-year-old war in Syria is now "in many ways out of control” and it has to end.

Ayatollah Khamenei says relations between Iran and South Korea must be impervious to US spite and prejudice.

The Labour Party suspends a councilor for posting anti-Israel comments on Facebook.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani hosted his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin last year in a sign of growing relations between the two countries.

Iran and South Korea have signed 19 basic agreements and memorandums of understanding to expand mutual cooperation over a variety of areas.

The British Labour leader has rejected calls to denounce Islamic resistance movements Hamas and Hezbollah.

At least 14 people are killed in three bomb explosions in and around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran must assert its military power over the US in the Persian Gulf waters.

The Syrian army says a “regime of calm” around the capital, Damascus, has been extended for another 48 hours.