
RUSSIA
Putin urges 'combining efforts' with China
President Putin says Russia and China can overcome 'difficulties' in economy and international politics by joining efforts.

President Putin says Russia and China can overcome 'difficulties' in economy and international politics by joining efforts.

Oil prices in international markets rise on Wednesday after an earlier drop over Greece debt crisis concerns.

The Saudi defense minister visits a US aircraft carrier amid Riyadh’s ongoing aggression against Yemen.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne has unveiled plans to cut welfare spending and increase some taxes.

The percentage of US local police departments that authorize their officers to use tasers has sharply increased over the last decade.

Iran exports more than USD 5 billion worth of non-oil goods during first two months of the current year.

Iran’s Under-19 volleyball team has been crowned champion at Italy’s three-nation friendly tournament.

Iranian female sports shooters have garnered a silver medal at the 2015 Universiade in South Korea.

Thousands of activists from all over the world march to commemorate the massacre of Bosnia Muslims by Serbs in the 1990s.

Saudi airstrikes target Yemeni troops defecting to the Houthi Ansarullah movement, killing a number of them.

Anti-austerity campaigners are to hold nationwide protest rallies to demand an end to the Conservative government’s spending cuts.

At least 43 people have been killed in US drone strikes in the eastern Afghan province of Nanagarhar.

Afghan lawmakers reject the nomination of a woman for the Supreme Court.

An Iraqi court sentences 24 men to death over last summer's ISIL massacre in the city of Tikrit.

The Syrian army reportedly drives ISIL militants out of three areas near the ancient city of Palmyra.

Baltimore police say four people have been shot, three fatally, near the University of Maryland, Baltimore, campus.

A senior Iranian official says a final Iran-P5+1 nuclear deal is possible if world powers stop making excessive demands.

Barclays, has ousted its chief executive Antony Jenkins after a long running disagreement with the board over how the bank should be run.