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Erdogan steps up US row with ambassador boycott

Wed Oct 11, 2017 08:12:59

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed that Turkish officials would boycott the US ambassador to Ankara, stepping up one of the worst rows in decades between the two NATO allies.

Moscow says US 'pretending' to fight Isis in Iraq

Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:54:56

Moscow on Tuesday accused the United States of reducing its air strikes on the Isis group in Iraq to allow terrorists to enter Syria and fight the Russian-backed Syrian army.

Turkey says doesn't need US permission to prosecute citizen

Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:32:19

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says his country doesn't need Washington's permission to prosecute its citizens, the latest swipe in an escalating feud with the United States over the arrest of a U.S. consulate employee.

Russian military jet crashes on takeoff in Syria, crew killed - agencies

Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:09:56

A Russian military jet crashed while taking off from Russia's Hmeymim air base in Syria on Tuesday in an incident that killed its two-man crew, Russia's Defence Ministry said, Russian news agencies reported.

High security ahead of key Catalan parliamentary address

Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:35:35

Police are guarding public buildings and closing off a park surrounding the regional Catalan parliament in Barcelona where a declaration of independence on Tuesday evening is likely to be met with a harsh response from Spanish central authorities.

Zarif: Foreign meddling has wrought a fractured Middle East

Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:24:02

Iranians live in a troubled and unstable region. We cannot change geography, but our neighborhood was not always so stormy.

France warns US against blacklisting IRGC

Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:27:05

France warned on Monday that blacklisting the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) could exacerbate tensions in the region, urging Iran to show restraint.

IAEA reassures Iran about impartiality

Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:10:59

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reassured Iran that political developments, particularly in the United States, will not influence the organization’s reporting on the Islamic Republic.

FM: Iran to reciprocate US measures against IRGC

Tue Oct 10, 2017 08:59:40

Iran's foreign minister said on Monday that the Islamic Republic will reciprocate any US measure against the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Rohingya feel like prisoners in giant Bangladesh camp

Tue Oct 10, 2017 08:31:01

Hasina Begum's earliest memory is of watching the jungle cut down to expand the camp in Bangladesh that is the only home the 31-year-old Rohingya refugee has ever known.