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Iranian dissident politician Ebrahim Yazdi dead at 85

 Iran's official IRNA news agency says one of the country's most influential dissident politicians who once served as foreign minister, Ebrahim Yazdi, has died. He was 85. Monday's report says Yazdi died in Izmir, Turkey, due to complications from cancer. He was a close ally of...

Samsung heir’s jailing heralds reform drive

The conviction and jailing of South Korea’s top business tycoon heralds a drive to reform the country’s giant conglomerates and loosen their grip on the economy, analysts said. When Lee Jae-yong, de facto head of the world’s biggest smartphone-maker Samsung Electronics, was jailed Friday...

Taliban suicide bomber kills 13 in Helmand

A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least 13 people in an attack on a convoy of Afghan soldiers in the restive southern province of Helmand late Sunday, an official said. "A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-filled car as the Afghan National Army convoy passed a small market in Nawa...