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Turkey, S Arabia begin military drills
Turkey and Saudi Arabia begin joint military drills in central Turkey.

Turkey and Saudi Arabia begin joint military drills in central Turkey.

Syrian army and allied forces retake three villages in the northern province of Aleppo.

An unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the US military crashes in southern Somalia, witnesses say.

The Yemeni city of Ta'izz is threatened by severe food insecurity as Saudi airstrikes with banned cluster bombs go on.

A US naval commander has warned that China’s plan to fly fighter jets from its new man-made islands in the South China Sea will be destabilizing.

The Iranian oil minister says Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Tehran for oil talks.

Hungary PM says Europe has become weak in facing refugee flow.

Former Israeli PM Olmert is officially put behind bars over bribery and financial corruption.

New figures show Japan’s economy has shrunk about half a percent during last quarter of 2015.

The European Union warns Burundi of new sanctions if 'human rights violations' continue in the Central African country.

Iranian judoka Javad Mahjoub snatches a gold medal at the European Open for Men in Austria.

Indian students stage nationwide protests as a student leader attends court over 'sedition' charges.

First 'Silk Road' train arrives in Iranian capital after traveling over 10,000 kilometers from China.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urges continuous dialog between Tehran and the European Union.

US support of Saudi Arabia’s war against Yemen is a violation of international laws aimed at boosting the profits of the US arms industry.

A source says Daesh militants used mustard gas against Kurdish forces in Iraq last year.

The EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss a deal with Britain over its continued membership in the European Union as well as the refugee crisis.

As least 3 are killed and 18 injured as a bomb explosion rocks a police checkpoint in Russia’s Dagestan region.