
POLITICS
Rouhani: Ties with Pakistan ‘strategic’
President Hassan Rouhani says Iran’s relations with Pakistan are strategic as he leaves Tehran for Islamabad on a landmark two-day visit.

President Hassan Rouhani says Iran’s relations with Pakistan are strategic as he leaves Tehran for Islamabad on a landmark two-day visit.

The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) urges the UK government to stop arming the “repressive” regime in Saudi Arabia.

The UN denounces “the apparent extrajudicial execution” of a Palestinian by Israeli forces in al-Khalil (Hebron).

US Muslims are bracing themselves for a renewed spate of Islamophobia after terror attacks in Belgium.

A Korean-American man confesses to trying to steal North Korea's military secrets.

A report says the Brussels bombers were originally considering to hit nuclear power stations in Belgium.

Over a dozen people are killed in another round of Saudi airstrikes across Yemen.

Iran's UN envoy says the country’s missile tests do not violate the UN resolution that endorses the JCPOA.

Saudi authorities hold workshop to review security plans for Hajj rituals.

Two Turkish journalists who blew the whistle on the involvement of Turkey’s state intelligence agency go on trial in Istanbul.

The US aviation authority predicts the number of US drones to treble by 2020.

France’s police foil an “advanced stage” terror plot at a Parisian suburb.

The UNHRC adopts a resolution that urges setting up a database of businesses involved in activities in Israeli settlements.

Thousands of Brazilians hold a demonstration to back President Dilma Rousseff, amid impeachment calls from opponents.

US Republican presidential frontrunners come to blows after stirring controversies over each others’ wives.

Boko Haram militants abduct 16 women in northeast Nigeria.

Iran slams a decision by some Western countries and their allies to renew the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on human rights situation in the Islamic Republic.

The US military is reportedly ‘boosting’ its role in the north Iraq fight against ISIL.