KOREAS
‘N Korea test-fires short-range projectile’
South Korea says Pyongyang has fired a short-range projectile on the North's eastern coast as tension heighten in the peninsula.
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EGYPT
Man hijacking EgyptAir plane arrested
An Egyptian man who had hijacked EgyptAir's passenger Airbus is detained in Cyprus.
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UN: Saudi war kills, injures 6 kids a day
UNICEF says an average of six Yemeni children has been killed or injured since the start of the Saudi war last March.
POLITICS
Iran urges Syria to intensify terror fight
Iran’s defense minister urges the intensification of Syrian military operations aimed at rooting out terrorism.
POLITICS
Kasich slams Muslim rhetoric of rivals
US Republican presidential candidate John Kasich has blasted his rivals, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, over their rhetoric against Islam and Muslims.
RUSSIA
Nusra militants enter via Turkey: Russia
Russia says 50 militants belonging to al-Qaeda’s Syrian branch, al-Nusra Front, have crossed Turkey’s border into Syria.
ECONOMY
Iran lists ‘record’ surplus in foreign trade
Iran’s foreign trade balance turns positive over lower imports.
IRAQ
Iraq cleric meets premier before deadline
Senior Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr meets with the country’s prime minister two days ahead of a deadline he has set for the premier to enact reforms.
SOCIETY
Leader grants clemency to Iran inmates
Ayatollah Khamenei pardons or reduces the sentences of a number of eligible convicts.
ARGENTINA
Argentina hails UN decision on Malvinas
Argentina hails a decision by a UN panel to extend the country’s maritime borders past the disputed Malvinas Islands.
SOCIETY
Oxfam raps rich states over refugee plight
British charity Oxfam calls on wealthy countries to take in more of the refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria.
PALESTINE
Israelis aim to torch whistleblower home
Israeli settlers threaten to torch the house of a man who recently filmed the murder of a Palestinian by an Israeli trooper.
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‘NATO wants U-2 jets to spy on Russia’
A senior NATO general reportedly urges the US to send Cold War-time U-2 reconnaissance planes for spying on Russia
EGYPT
Egypt jet with 55 people aboard hijacked
An Egypt Air domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo has been hijacked and landed in Cyprus's Larnaca airport, state radio says.
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Japan can now fight in foreign wars
Japan can now fight in foreign wars as reforms into its formerly pacifist constitution take effect.
ENERGY
Pak. delegation due in Iran for gas deal
A senior Iranian official says a Pakistani delegation is due in Iran for a high-profile gas deal.
INTERVIEWS
Why Trump challenging neocon policy
Donald Trump is challenging neocons because he knows their policy of interventionism and regime change has failed, a political pundit says.
SAUDI ARABIA
Jordan hints Saudi coalition ceremonial
The Jordanian king has privately hinted that a Saudi-led coalition formed to purportedly fight terrorism is of a ceremonial nature.
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