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Iraqis vote in first regional elections since US withdrawal

BAGHDAD: Polling is underway in Iraq on Saturday for regional elections for the first time since US troops left the country, seen an important...

No deal reached with IAEA for new talks: Iran

Tehran: Iran has rejected reports about an agreement reached by Tehran and the the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for a new round of...

Iran unveils new drone, missile systems

Tehran: The Islamic Republic of Iran has unveiled an indigenous stealth unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), two indigenous missile systems and a domestically-built mobile electronic...

US drones kill 5 in Yemen

Sana’a: At least five people have been killed in two strikes carried out by US drones near the Yemeni capital Sana’a. The Dispatch News...

Iraq executes 21 in one day on ‘terror’ charges

Baghdad: Iraq put 21 men to death on Tuesday, a senior justice ministry official told AFP, the latest in a series of mass executions...

Car bomb blasts in Iraq kill 9, injure 27

BAGHDAD: At least nine people were killed while 27 others sustained injuries in two separate car bomb attacks in central Iraq on Tuesday, Police...

Iran’s Bushehr NPP startup work in final stage

Bushehr, Iran: Russia’s Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation says final work is underway at Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) for the facility to...

Iran test-fires land-to-sea ballistic missile in Persian Gulf

Tehran: Brigadier General Majid Bokaei, Iran’s deputy defense minister says the Islamic Republic has successfully test-fired a land-to-sea ballistic missile in the Persian Gulf....

Russia will vote against draft resolution against Syria in next UN General Assembly

Moscow: The Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Russia will vote against another, now the third draft UN General Assembly resolution on Syria as Moscow...

Saudi executes Pakistani for rape, murder

Riyadh: Saudi authorities executed on Friday a Pakistani man convicted of rape and murder, in the northwestern town of Tabuk, the interior ministry said. Amjad...

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