
POLITICS
‘CIA would defy waterboarding orders’
CIA Director John Brennan says the spy agency will not obey orders by any US president to restore torture.

CIA Director John Brennan says the spy agency will not obey orders by any US president to restore torture.

Ayatollah Khamenei says the US is neither sincere nor serious in the campaign against terrorism.

Britain’s Prime Minister Cameron rejects financial allegations against him as untrue.

Junior Iranian chess player Artin Ashraf crests at Asian Youth Chess Championship 2016 in Mongolia.

At least 12 people are killed and dozens injured in a bombing attack in eastern Afghanistan.

Iran’s President Rouhani hopes that the 13th OIC summit will reinforce unity and integrity in the Muslim world.

Filipino forces kill four more Daesh-affiliated Abu Sayyaf militants after heavy clashes in the country’s south.

Iranian athletes are awarded four medals at the fifth round of 2016 Karate 1-Premier League in Duba.

The UN refugee agency has strongly denounced the use of tear gas by Macedonian police against refugees.

An official says Iran has plans for nuclear cooperation with its Persian Gulf neighbors which it will present in the future.

Barack Obama says his worst mistake was mishandling the situation in Libya following the US-backed ouster of Muammar Gaddafi.

The Council of Europe says Ukraine has become "very volatile" since resignation of the prime minister.

Germany is reviewing Turkey’s request for taking legal action against President Erdogan satirist.

Foreign ministers of the G7 group of industrial countries have called for a world without nuclear weapons.

“In most recent times we see how the US instigates, initiates and feeds tensions and wars throughout the Middle East,” said Myles Hoenig.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran and Kazakhstan share views on regional developments.

Three men attack a police station in south Russia.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has called for a political transition to resolve the conflict in Syria.