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3 killed, 3 injured in Mali hotel siege

Gunmen storm a hotel in central Mali in an apparent attempt to kidnap Westerners, killing at least three people.

11 YEARS AGO

ENERGY

Iran’s major refinery nears operation

Iran expects to add 12 million liters per day of Euro-4 gasoline to its output when the first phase of the Persian Gulf Star Refinery comes on stream by March 2016, an official says.

11 YEARS AGO

AFGHANISTAN

ISIL commander slain in S Afghanistan

Afghan forces have killed a senior commander of the ISIL terrorist group along with four of his comrades in Helmand Province.

11 YEARS AGO

PALESTINE

Jakarta denies Israel badminton player visa

Indonesia denies visa to Israel badminton player for World Championship.

11 YEARS AGO

SYRIA

ISIL abducts 230 civilians in Syria's Homs

ISIL militants abduct 230 civilians in Syria's central Homs Province.

11 YEARS AGO

MILITARY

Corbyn calls for end to UK nukes

Labour Party leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn says he will not renew the UK’s nuclear deterrent if he becomes prime minister.

11 YEARS AGO

France begins new search for MH370 debris

France has launched a new search operation to find more debris from MH370.

11 YEARS AGO

ENERGY

Iran to unveil new oil contracts in London

Iran will introduce its new oil contracts to a London conference planned in December as the country seeks to boost recovery from its ageing fields with the help of foreign companies, Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says.

11 YEARS AGO

INTERVIEWS

‘US has imperialist foreign policy’

The United Sates has a globalist and imperialist foreign policy, while China has an isolationist and xenophobic approach towards foreign policy, a political analyst says.

11 YEARS AGO

POLITICS

Trump refuses to rule out 3rd party run

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has declined to rule out a third party presidential run.

11 YEARS AGO

LEBANON

WFP cuts aid for Syrian refugees

The UN World Food Program cuts its assistance to Syrian refugees in Lebanon by half.

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KOREAS

N Korea to establish own time zone

North Korea is set to establish its own time zone next week by pulling back its current standard time by 30 minutes.

11 YEARS AGO

RUSSIA

Saudi blast shows terror spreading: Russia

Russia says the recent bombing in Saudi Arabia is a sign that terrorism is spreading in the Middle East.

11 YEARS AGO

ECONOMY

Iran discovers new gold reserves in Yazd

Iran has identified more than 1,200 promising gold prospects, including a positive anomaly discovered recently in the Darreh Bidan of Yazd whose reserves have not been determined yet, a senior mining official has said.

11 YEARS AGO