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UK rally protests mosque plan
Supporters of far-right groups stage a protest rally against plans for building a mosque in Dudley, UK.

Supporters of far-right groups stage a protest rally against plans for building a mosque in Dudley, UK.

Iran’s President Rouhani says the country will get the UN Security Council to lift sanctions against Tehran.

Italy threatens to turn to a new plan other than the one proposed by the EU if European states refuse to provide more assistance to Rome in dealing with the influx of migrants.

A member of the US Army says nobody takes George W. Bush seriously because of his Iraq record.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unhappy with the advances of Kurdish fighters in the Syrian province of Raqqa.

An Afghan army airstrike kills at least 15 Taliban militants in the country’s northeastern province of Kunar.

A court in South Africa bars Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from leaving the country.

Iran's envoy says a joint bank with Azerbaijan will be established in the near future.

At least 159 Syrian civilians are killed in airstrikes across Syria by the so-called US-led coalition purporting to fight Takfiris.

A leading academic group has criticized the University of Illinois for refusing to employ a professor over his anti-Israel tweets.

UK police say a 25-year-old man has died in police custody in Luton, UK.

The British prime minister has pledged a serious crackdown on female genital mutilation in the country.

A UK petition has urged the government to release the number of disability deaths over cuts in the country.

Israeli military forces severely beat and injure a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank before taking him away.

Republicans attacked Hillary Clinton as “out-of-touch with mainstream America” shortly after she officially launched her campaign for the White House.

At least 26 ISIL terrorists are killed in separate military operations by Iraqi forces and armed tribesmen in the western province of Anbar.

Protesters take to the streets of Hong Kong ahead of a vote on a political reform package.

Flooding kills at least eight people in the Georgian capital, and sets dangerous animals on loose after destroying zoo enclosures.