
KOREAS
MERS cases in S Korea hits 162
South Korea reports eight new cases of infection with the MERS virus, bringing the total number of infections to 162.

South Korea reports eight new cases of infection with the MERS virus, bringing the total number of infections to 162.

The US military could deploy a squadron of F-22 fighter jets to Europe over “Russia’s threat.”

Former Turkish president and prime minister, Suleyman Demirel, dies at the age of 90.

Saudi Arabia continues to bombard areas across Yemen amid ongoing negotiations in Geneva.

The Iranian vice president says Tehran is after a deal that would guarantee its nuclear rights.

Seven people are killed by gunmen in the southern Mexican state of Michoacan.

A Palestinian prisoner vows to keep up his hunger strike despite the torture he is facing in an Israeli prison.

A US off-duty police officer has shot and killed his ex-wife with their 7-year-old daughter in the scene.

Kerry says fundamental issues of a mutual understanding as well as the interim agreement over Iran’s nuclear program define a good deal that cannot be changed.

Belarus has tested its new Polonez rocket launcher system in China, marking a new phase in bilateral military cooperation.

Team Melli has started its 2018 World Cup campaign with a 1-1 draw against Turkmenistan.

The evidence that led a US grand jury to not to indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner should be released, petitioners say.

Germany has printed stamps depicting Naji al-Ali's Handala, the cartoon of a Palestinian orphan in an attempt to raise awareness about Palestine.

Iran rejects a Reuters report that the UN is likely to wait for the US Congress' approval of a final nuclear deal before moving to lift nuclear-related sanctions.

A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says Iran will not be bound by any deadline for reaching a favorable deal with the P5+1 group.

The US Senate votes on torture practices, euphemistically dubbed as “enhanced interrogation techniques”.

Iran criticizes a court ruling against prominent Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Salman, and urges his release.

President Putin says Russia will defend itself against any possible threats by NATO that is increasing military presence near “our borders.”