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Thousands took to relief camps in Sri Lanka and southern India on Saturday to escape rising floodwaters after a cyclone killed at least 26 people. Cyclone Ockhi has left 13 people dead in Sri Lanka and killed an equal number in India’s Kerala and Tamil Nadu states since Friday as …

The European Union (EU) says the articles of a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six other countries are highly technical and there is no possibility of renegotiating the agreement — even partially. “The deal has been negotiated and finalized in a way that actually contains so many provisions and so …

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American political analyst described Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei as a “man of spiritual wisdom”, noting that his letter to the youth in the West in 2015 “shows a path upon which people can walk toward the light” in a world filled …

British Prime Minister Theresa May has reportedly called on Saudi Arabia to ease a cruel blockade on its war-torn neighbor, Yemen, in order to “avert a humanitarian catastrophe” there. May made the appeal as she met with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday night during a …

  In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry, a Su-25 ground attack jet is being refueled for take-off, while technicians do a final check at Hmeimim air base in Syria on March 16, 2016. (Via AP) The head of Russia’s Security Council says Moscow is already preparing to withdraw …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been surprised by a knife attack on a mayor of a small town west of the country who reportedly was stabbed over his liberal refugee policies. Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a Tuesday Tweet that the chancellor was “horrified” by the attack on Andreas …

Over 3,000 refugees have died crossing the Mediterranean in a desperate bid to reach Europe’s shores since the start of the year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. William Lacy Swing, the IOM director general, said in a statement in the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday that the …

British Prime Minister Theresa May has embarked on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia and Jordan to discuss bilateral ties and regional issues with leaders of the two Arab kingdoms. May has arrived in Saudi Arabia, and will hold talks with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown …

Pope Francis, who is on a historic visit to Myanmar, has called for “justice” and respect for the human rights of ethnic groups, a thinly-veiled reference to the minority Muslim Rohingya who have been facing state-sponsored violence in the Southeast Asian country. Peace can only be achieved through “justice and …

The British city of Oxford has stripped Myanmar’s de facto ruler Aung San Suu Kyi of a prestigious award over her government’s brutal persecution of Rohingya Muslims. The city’s councilors retracted Suu Kyi’s 1997 Freedom of Oxford award, which she personally collected in 2012 for her “pro-democracy” campaign as the …