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Assad stresses eradication of terror in Syria
Syrian President Assad says the eradication of terrorist groups in Syria will pave the way for a 'political' solution to the crisis there.

Syrian President Assad says the eradication of terrorist groups in Syria will pave the way for a 'political' solution to the crisis there.

Iranian boxer Kamyab Moradi wins a gold medal at the 30th edition of International Youth Men Ahmet Comert Boxing Tournament in Turkey.

The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that Iran’s Bank Mellat must have access to documents and evidence based on which the UK government imposed sanctions on the lender, a report says.

Argentines are going to polls to elect a successor to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

California receives the remains of a US soldier who had gone missing in North Korea.

Hundreds of Syrian Kurdish fighters reportedly enter the Iraqi town of Sinjar to fight against Daesh.

Clashes outside the Turkish embassy in Japan leave three Turkish nationals injured.

France’s Total and Russia’s Lukoil are in a new round of talks with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and have reached a preliminary agreement on oil purchases from Iran, a senior energy official says.

Israeli forces kill yet another Palestinian in the occupied West Bank.

The death toll from a US airstrike on the MSF clinic in northern Afghanistan reaches 30.

A Russian lawmaker says Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is ready to stand in a new presidential election.

The recent meeting between US Secretary of State John Kerry and the Saudi king was aimed at diverting attention from realities and deceiving the public, an analyst says.

Israeli settlers torch a Palestinian vehicle in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in an apparent act of hate crime.

Daesh releases footage showing the execution of a Syrian soldier by a tank in Homs.

An Iranian commander says Iran’s Navy is fully capable of maintaining security of the Caspian Sea.

People in Poland start voting in parliamentary polls, with a conservative eurosceptic party set to win.

At least eight people are injured in fresh cross-border clashes between Indian and Pakistani forces in the disputed Kashmir region.

Police in the US State of Illinois have arrested dozens of people protesting law enforcement brutality against citizens.