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Turkish police storm Zaman daily HQ
Turkish police raid the offices of opposition newspaper Zaman in the city of Istanbul.

Turkish police raid the offices of opposition newspaper Zaman in the city of Istanbul.

University students across the United States are set to walk out of classrooms to protest against mounting college loan debt.

The Syrian army has reportedly recaptured a key town south of Aleppo City from militants.

Iraqi Peshmerga forces retake some areas from Daesh in the fresh battle for the town of Sinjar.

Iran says it has stopped importing wheat because of high domestic production and will soon start exports.

Iran men's national goalball team finishes in the second place at the IBSA Goalball Asia/Pacific Goalball Championships in China.

EU leaders meet African counterparts in Malta, pledging cash if they stem the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean.

An Iranian deputy foreign minister holds a meeting with the secretary general of Hezbollah in Beirut.

India’s Naredra Modi who was accused of the 2002 anti-Muslim riot in Gujarat state is visiting Britain.

Senator John McCain is threatening a court battle if Obama uses his executive authority to close Guantanamo.

Greek unions go on strike over government austerity measures.

Air pollution in New Delhi reaches hazardous levels after Diwali which generates tons of toxic smoke.

Turkish anti-terror squads detained 11 suspected Daesh militants in the city of Istanbul.

The US assists Israel with its “ethnic cleansing” because “Israel is a major factor” in American politics, says an activist.

Iran urges the international community to take action to stop a surge in Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians.

A South Korean court upholds a life sentence for the captain of a ferry that sank last year.

Armed Israeli settlers shoot and kill a young Palestinian man at a hospital in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil.

At least 115 Takfiri Daesh militants are killed as Iraqi forces liberate an area in the western province of Anbar.