Iran ‘conducts new missile tests’
Iran has launched several ballistic missiles from locations across the country as part of a military exercise, state media say, defying US pressure. BBC News – Middle East
Iran has launched several ballistic missiles from locations across the country as part of a military exercise, state media say, defying US pressure. BBC News – Middle East
Billionaire Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani, accused by the West of sanctions-busting, has been sentenced to death for corruption, Iranian officials say. BBC News – Middle East
Pope Francis describes a brutal attack on an old people’s home in Yemen that left four nuns and 12 others dead as “pointless slaughter”. BBC News – Middle East
Turkey jails two Syrians over the drowning of Syrian boy Alan Kurdi whose death last year focused attention on the refugee crisis. BBC News – Middle East
Jordan says a raid in the city of Irbid that left seven suspected jihadist militants dead foiled attacks being plotted by so-called Islamic State. BBC News – Middle East
An Iraqi army general and nine other soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack by Islamic State militants in western Iraq, security sources say. BBC News – Middle East