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Bahrain extends 57 inmates' terms
A court in Bahrain adds 15-year jail terms to the sentences of dozens of prisoners.

A court in Bahrain adds 15-year jail terms to the sentences of dozens of prisoners.

Iranian karate artists collect two more medals at a tournament in France.

Peugeot and Renault are set to clinch new deals for a return to Iran during President Hassan Rouhani's visit to France.

Iran’s speaker calls on the IPU member states to travel to Gaza and deliver relief aid to Palestinians.

French President Francois Hollande says Daesh is provoking his country.

Iran says the current row with Saudi Arabia can be settled if Riyadh changes its policy toward region.

A congressional hearing indicates unless Saudi Arabia ends sponsoring Wahhabism, more global terror groups like Daesh (ISIL) will mushroom into existence.

Egypt is marking the fifth anniversary of 2011 popular uprising which led to the ouster of long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak.

Iran’s first cargo of petrochemical products in recent years has left for Egypt, marking the resumption of trade ties between the two major Muslim countries.

The Saudi foreign minister says contentious remarks made by the Saudi envoy to Iraq do not reflect Riyadh’s official stance.

The head of the UN refugee agency says the European Union (EU) can potentially take in more refugees from Syria.

Iran’s metals and mining sector is probably a new darling of foreign investors, with firms from China to Europe lining up to try their hand.

At least seven people are injured on an American Airlines flight to Italy.

At least three people are killed and four others wounded in a drive-by shooting in Egypt.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani arrives in Italy on the first leg of his trip to three European destinations.

Two Chinese nationals are killed and another is wounded in a suspected bomb attack in Laos, a report says.

America’s top diplomat says he hopes for ‘clarity’ in Geneva talks on Syria.

Iran and Iraq discuss a visa waiver program between the two countries.