SYRIA
Syria plans major op to retake Raqqah
A senior Russian official says Syrian army plans to retake the eastern cities of Dayr al-Zawr and Raqqah from Takfiri militants.
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PALESTINE
Hamas: Intifada against Israel to continue
Hamas says the resistance is determined to continue its resistance against the Israeli regime.
KOREAS
China, Russia warn US over missile plan
Russia and China vow to mutually counter US inference on the Korean Peninsula.
SOCIETY
Police arrest anti-Trump protesters
Police arrest a number of anti-Trump protesters at a rally in California.
NIGERIA
‘Nigeria Shia bodies must be exhumed’
Nigerian activists are demanding exhumation of bodies months after army massacred hundreds of Shia Muslims.
FRANCE
French MPs vote to lift Russia sanctions
The French MPs vote in favor of a resolution to lift the EU-imposed sanctions on Russia.
INDIA
India erects laser walls on Pakistan border
India says it has installed laser walls along its heavily militarized border with Pakistan.
HUMAN RIGHTS
UK ordered to take in airbase refugees
A UK court has urged London to give asylum to refugees stuck for years in a British military base.
IRAQ
Daesh uses human shields, sells cars, fish
Witnesses says Daesh is using civilians as human shields in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to slow down army advances.
EU
Finnish MPs debate vote on euro exit
Finland’s parliament discusses a proposal for an exit from Euro as a way to deal with the country’s weak economy.
PERSIAN GULF
Jordan king granted controversial powers
Jordan’s parliament grant King Abdullah II the executive power to directly make key appointments.
POLITICS
Iranians vote in parliamentary run-off
Iranians vote in run-off parliamentary elections in which 68 seats are up for grabs in the 290-seat Majlis.
MILITARY
US deploys drones to Libyan skies
A new report says Pentagon has shifted to Libya for airstrikes on Daesh.
SYRIA
US troops in Syria to oust govt.: Russia
Russia says the US military intervention in Syria is illegal, ultimately aimed at toppling the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
TURKEY
Turkey sends troops to base in Qatar
Turkey deploys soldiers to its first overseas military base, which has been set up in Qatar.
FOREIGN POLICY
US tells Russia to curb Syrian leader
War of words as Washington wants Moscow to stop Syria’s President Assad.
INTERVIEWS
‘US political system absolutely rigged’
An American author and political analyst says the US political system is absolutely rigged.
AFGHANISTAN
US-led drone raid kills 6 in Afghanistan
At least six people are killed in a drone strike by US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar.
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