
FOREIGN POLICY
GOP Sens. push for new Iran sanctions
A group of US Republican senators is pushing for fresh sanctions against Iran.

A group of US Republican senators is pushing for fresh sanctions against Iran.

A think tank says Britain is facing more austerity measures with lower living standards and falling wages under the 2016 budget.

Azerbaijan's President Aliyev issues an amnesty for a number of jailed activists.

Russia is surprised by a US court ruling against Iran over the September 11, 2001 attacks.

NASA is planning to set one of its spaceships on fire to study flames in space.

Russian activists hold a demonstration to express their outrage at the notorious US-run Guantanamo prison.

Iran’s Guardian Council validates the results for last month’s Assembly of Experts elections.

The death toll from Saudi airstrikes on a crowded market in Yemen has risen to 119, the UN says.

More than 150 medical professionals urge Bahrain to release a prominent doctor.

Clashes erupt between supporters and opponents of the appointment of the ex-Brazilian president to the cabinet.

Iran slams two terrorist bombings at a local mosque in northern Nigeria.

French students clash with police in central Paris as they protest labor reforms.

Iraqi forces retake a key district from Daesh in the northwest of the province of Anbar.

The Turkish premier calls for stripping all parties of their parliamentary immunity to allow for prosecution.

The Syrian government rejects a unilateral decision by Kurdish groups to establish a federal system in the northern areas under their control.

An Iranian man suffering illness dies in a prison in Malaysia due to lack of proper treatment, a report says.

EU officials express contradictory sentiments on the chances of reaching a deal on refugees with Turkey.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has determined that the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group is committing “genocide” against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria.