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Russia repeats call for Turkey apology
Russia urges Turkey to stop stirring tension between the two countries over last year downing of a Russian jet.

Russia urges Turkey to stop stirring tension between the two countries over last year downing of a Russian jet.

Reports say the Metropolitan Police is considering to use eagles to take down drones out of London skies.

Iran says any foreign ground intervention in Syria would intensify the crisis in the Arab country.

Washington urges Tel Aviv to accept a US military aid deal, says report.

The world’s largest independent oil trader Vitol Group says it’s "business as normal" with Iran after the end of economic sanctions on the country.

The death toll from a recent earthquake in Taiwan rises to 39, with more than 100 people still missing.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is irked by a US envoy’s meeting with Syrian Kurds in the Syrian border town of Kobani.

Ayatollah Khamenei says the world powers have been against the Islamic Republic since its inception but have failed in all their plots.

Russia’s restrained reaction over US support for militants in Syria emboldens the Americans, says an analyst.

A spokesman for the Iraqi PM says Baghdad's security wall is being built.

A bomb attack on an army vehicle in the Afghan province of Balkh leaves at least three soldiers dead.

China says it will pay up to 100,000 yuan ($15,200) to people who report online “terrorist” content.

At least 60 people are reportedly killed in an attack by Turkish forces against the PKK.

Relief agencies deliver more aid packages to 700 families in the militant-held suburb of Mu’adamiyah near Damascus.

The Israeli PM tries to advance a bill which could suspend from parliament Israeli Arab lawmakers for meeting with families of slain Palestinians.

Venezuela's oil minister has met his Saudi counterpart in Riyadh to discuss stabilizing the oil market which is flooded by a surplus of two million barrels per day.

The Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq warns Saudi Arabia and its allies against any ground incursion into Syria or Iraq.

Japan says it is considering adopting a 'measure' against North Korea in response to a recent rocket launch by Pyongyang.