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US drone strikes kill 17 in Afghanistan
At least 17 people are killed in two US drone strikes in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar.

At least 17 people are killed in two US drone strikes in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar.

Report says Israeli and Saudi representatives secretly met five times since the beginning of 2014 over Iran.

The death toll from a bomb attack on a market in Nigeria reaches 31.

Indonesia is in talks with Iran for a long-term oil supply deal to meet its rising demand for crude as the country is expanding its refineries, its Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said has said.

An international lawyer describes Turkey's policy on Syria as duplicitous at best.

The US state of South Carolina has taken legal action against anti-Israeli boycotts.

The death toll from a huge blast in the Ghanaian capital city of Accra rises to around 150.

Fourteen NATO states will start naval drills in the Baltic Sea later on Friday.

An aide to Burundi's president urges the opposition to take part in 'constructive' talks.

Russia says it will 'soon' deliver Iran’s S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system.

Armenia will sell its section of an Iranian gas export pipeline to Russia’s Gazprom, Deputy Energy Minister Ara Simonian has said.

Edward Snowden says there has been a profound difference following his revelations.

Iraqi army forces destroy two ISIL bomb-making factories in Anbar.

Iran marks the 52nd anniversary of an uprising against the former Pahlavi regime.

A political expert says there is no difference between the US war and terrorism in Iraq as both are claiming innocent lives.

Syria says Erdogan and the Turkish administration represent the murderous Ottomans.

The EU sees a slight drop in its overall unemployment but experts say the crisis is far from over.

Chinese authorities say there is no hope for more survivors from a cruise ship that capsized on the Yangtze River four days ago.