INTERVIEWS
British junior doctors go on strike
British junior doctors have gone on a strike over a new type of contract.
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EU
Austria to toughen laws on refugees
The German chancellor says his country will take tougher action at its borders to turn away “economic migrants.”
YEMEN
UN: Yemen peace talks delayed
UN spokesman Ahmad Fawzi says Yemen's peace talks slated for Thursday have been postponed by at least a week.
SYRIA
UN hails Syria call for more aid delivery
The UN welcomes a call by the Syrian government for continued aid delivery to three crisis-hit towns in the country.
POLITICS
‘Bans would push Iran to rethink N-deal’
Iran’s Judiciary chief says US insistence on new sanctions could force Tehran to reconsider implementation of a nuclear accord.
PALESTINE
‘34 Palestinians in jail without trial’
A rights group says Israel has issued the administrative detention order for 34 Palestinian detainees.
TURKEY
Turkey arrests dozens over ‘wiretapping’
Turkish forces arrest 30 people over alleged wiretapping hundreds of officials, politicians and journalists.
POLITICS
Syria fighting international terror: Iran
Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli says the Syrian nation is fighting a war against international terrorism.
ECONOMY
US crude oil falls below $31
US crude oil has slipped toward US$30 per barrel to a 12-year low as heavy oversupply showed no sign of easing.
KOREAS
North Korea says H-bomb test no threat
North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test was not intended to be a provocation or threat, says the state news agency.
ECONOMY
Renault-Nissan 'ready' to boost Iran auto
Franco-Japanese auto giant Renault-Nissan says ‘ready’ to expand business in Iran.
SYRIA
Syria troops enter key Latakia town
Syria forces advance into a strategically-important town in the northwestern province of Latakia.
SYRIA
Putin calls for new Syria constitution
Russian President Putin calls for a new Syrian constitution as a step toward a political solution in the Arab country.
AFGHANISTAN
Taliban raid kills 3 Afghan schoolgirls
At least three schoolgirls are killed in a Taliban mortar attack in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost.
SYRIA
Syria: Madaya hunger reports fabricated
Syria’s UN envoy says reports on starvation in Madaya have been fabricated to “demonize” the Damascus government.
INTERVIEWS
Why US distancing itself from S Arabia
The US is using a charade of negotiations to thwart the increasing influence of both Russia and China, an American scholar and political analyst says.
GERMANY
Germany ‘deporting refugees to Austria’
Austrian police say Germany is sending a few hundred refugees back to Austria every day.
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‘UN forces in CAR paid girls for sex’
UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been found to have paid young girls for sex, a report says.
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