
FOREIGN POLICY
US can’t beat ISIL on battlefield: CIA
CIA Director John Brennan says the United States cannot destroy the ISIL terrorist group on the battleground.

CIA Director John Brennan says the United States cannot destroy the ISIL terrorist group on the battleground.

The UK queen’s income is under scrutiny after public funding of the monarchy is increased.

A bomb attack kills 45 army soldiers and wounds scores of others in Iraq's western province of Anbar.

Erdogan threatens to punish the daily and the journalist behind the release of a video showing Turkish trucks carrying arms to militants in Syria.

Malaysia Airlines slashes 6,000 jobs in a bid to recover from bankruptcy.

Iran has signed a non-disclosure agreement with China for transfer of technology to produce propylene from methanol, deputy head of National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Mohammad Hossein Payvandi said on Monday.

A Russian official says Moscow reserves the right to deploy nuclear arms on its territory, including in Crimea.

Iran’s parliament speaker describes Syria as a key part of the resistance front against the Israeli regime.

South Korea and the US begin major anti-submarine military drills off the southern island of Jeju.

A senior Iranian diplomat stresses the country’s constructive role in the Middle East.

Anti-Israel protesters have blocked the way of participants of Israel Day Parade in New York City.

A Palestinian lawyer says Israeli forces violently beat and torture teenage detainees during interrogation.

A grand jury in the US has declined to indict police officers who killed a suspect in Louisiana.

A senior Chinese military official says China could establish an air defense zone over disputed areas in the South China Sea if it deems it necessary.

Iran and China have agreed on a new arrangement for crude oil payments under which Beijing will reimburse part of the money owed to Tehran in cash, a leading Iranian trader said on Monday.

A bomb attack kills three people in one of Pakistan's restive tribal areas.

Eight civilians are killed in fresh Saudi air raids on arms depots in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a.

US police have killed a fifty-year-old black man after shooting him by a stun gun in New York.