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Russian, Turkish presidents hold talks
Russia's president meets with his Turkish counterpart in the Azeri capital of Baku for high-level talks reportedly focusing on energy issues as well as the Syrian crisis.

Russia's president meets with his Turkish counterpart in the Azeri capital of Baku for high-level talks reportedly focusing on energy issues as well as the Syrian crisis.

Iraqi army troops and volunteer fighters kill two senior ISIL commanders during operations in Anbar province.

Pakistani army's air raids kill 20 militants in a tribal region near to the Afghanistan border.

Dallas police are in a standoff with one or more gunmen driving an armored vehicle, who opened fire on the local police department, police said.

Lebanon urges the UN Security Council to keep the Israeli regime from violating Lebanon's sovereignty.

Russia says Iran and the P5+1 make progress in their nuclear talks on the issue of lifting sanctions against Tehran.

Egypt opens the Rafah border crossing with Gaza for 3 days for the first time in months.

Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says he has told Iranian negotiators to press the Americans on removing ban on business by US companies in Iran.

A newly-released CIA report on 9/11 has been a stage-managed whitewash, says an analyst.

A Turkish paper reports that Turkey is providing electricity to a Syrian town controlled by Takfiri ISIL terrorists.

Indonesia's foreign minister demands answers from Australia over claims that its authorities paid off the crew of a migrant-smuggling boat.

A Norwegian insurance giant divests from two multinational firms operating in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian lands.

At least 17 Afghan policemen and 10 Taliban militants are killed during intense fighting in southern Helmand province.

A UN rights body says a majority of people in Yemen are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance, as the country is witnessing deadly Saudi air raids.

A three-year-old American boy has fatally shot himself in the heart with his mother’s handgun in Ohio.

The airport police in Paris keep a French girl, 6, in custody for 3 days on the false assumption that she had a fake ID.

The death toll from the deadly MERS outbreak in South Korea reaches 14.

A senior OSCE official warns of intensifying skirmishes in eastern Ukraine.