
POLITICS
‘36 from Tehran to vie in Assembly vote’
The Guardian Council approves the credentials of 36 hopefuls in Tehran Province for the upcoming Assembly of Experts elections.

The Guardian Council approves the credentials of 36 hopefuls in Tehran Province for the upcoming Assembly of Experts elections.

A senior Iraqi parliamentary leader says Saudi Arabia is the breeding ground for the ideology that feeds Daesh and like-minded terrorist groups.

Bahrain’s central bank has decided to close down an Iranian-owned lender in the tiny Persian Gulf country.

The Iranian president says the execution by Saudi Arabia of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was a big mistake.

Ongoing military maneuvers by Iran’s Navy enter their main stage, where the naval forces practice countering an enemy invasion.

Fox News has accused Donald Trump’s team of “terrorizations” against GOP debate moderator Megyn Kelly.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye is considering to visit Iran as Seoul seeks to tap into business opportunities there, a report says.

Daesh terrorist group execute four of its militant commanders in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk.

Iran blames the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s incapacity for the persistence of the Israeli regime’s criminal activities.

An official at the US Defense Department says American forces will remain in Afghanistan for “a very long time.”

Canada says it will normalize relations with Iran following the implementation of the JCPOA.

The world is closer to destruction than it was at the height of the Cold War, scientists behind the “Doomsday Clock" warn.

At least five people are killed in a fresh US drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar.

Six people involved in the armed occupation of a wildlife refuge in Oregon, the US, were arrested and one was killed following an exchange of gunfire with police.

A panel of UN experts says the Saudi war on Yemen has violated the humanitarian law, calling for an international commission of inquiry.

Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner says that Europe’s passport-free travel system may collapse.

Six US cops are fired three years after the fatal shooting of two unarmed African Americans.

Brazil says it intends to deploy more than 200,000 troops across the country in two weeks to curb Zika virus.