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RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence handed down against a teacher convicted of kidnapping and raping eigh...Read More

Iraq

Baghdad push illustrates ISIL growing ambitions

A powerful jihadist group inspired by Al-Qaeda has opened a new battlefront with Iraqi security forces that could see it try to push into ...Read More

Turkey opposition seeks to annul election in Ankara

ISTANBUL - Turkey's opposition called Sunday for an annulment of last weekend's mayoral vote in the capital Ankara, alleging fraud ...Read More

Syria

Premature car bomb blast kills at least 13 rebels in Homs

DAMASCUS - At least 13 rebels died in a blast in the city of Homs in central Syria on Sunday as they primed a car bomb for an attack, an NG...Read More

Violence hits rally for Bouteflika in Kabylie region

BATNA - Ali Benflis, the main challenger to incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algeria's presidential election, on Sunday deplored viol...Read More

Mali new Prime Minister in talks to form government

Mali's new prime minister was in talks on Sunday to appoint a government to lead the West African nation's post-war recovery after ...Read More

Benghazi declares civil disobedience over insecurity and ineffective authorities

BENGHAZI - Libya's restive eastern city of Benghazi was hit by a day of "civil disobedience" on Sunday that saw some public b...Read More

Israel threatens unilateral measures against Palestinians

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Israel would take unilateral measures against the Palestinians if they ...Read More

Brother of Qaeda chief stands trial in #Egypt on terror charges

CAIRO - The brother of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri will stand trial in Egypt along with 67 others on charges of forming a "terro...Read More

Libya jihadist group plans to impose sharia law in Derna

BENGHAZI - A jihadist group in Libya says it plans to take over security in the restive eastern town of Derna and impose sharia Islamic law...Read More

Iran

A political prisoner transferred to solitaries of Bandar Abbas Prison

HRANA News Agency – Hassan Javani, the aged and sick prisoner of central prison of Bandar Abbas, was transferred to suit number 5 of the p...Read More

Renewed tribal clashes kill two more people in southern Egypt

CAIRO - At least two more people were killed in renewed tribal clashes in southern Egypt on Sunday, after 48 hours of violence that left 23...Read More

Arrests in Algeria as supporters of Bouteflika rally

ALGIERS - Algerian police beefed up security and arrested about 20 people on Sunday at a campaign rally for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika...Read More

British sniper kills 6 Taliban soldiers with 1 bullet

A British sniper killed six enemy combatants in Afghanistan with a single shot when he hit the trigger switch of a suicide bomber, causing ...Read More

Bahrain

Don't let our children be used as human shields in #Bahrain or anywhere else

Bahrain is going through a phase of Shia sectarian unrest, manifested in organised action designed to interfere with the daily life of ordin...Read More

US to send 2 more ships to Japan by 2017 to counter North Korea nuclear threat

TOKYO – The U.S. will deploy two additional ballistic missile defense destroyers to Japan by 2017 as part of an effort to bolster protec...Read More

Police seek ID of man on video in hunt for missing girl Relisha Rudd

أبريل 06, 2014

Police in Washington, D.C., are working to identify a man as part of their investigation into the disappearance of 8-year-old Relisha Rudd....Read More

Iran

Amnesty demands release and medical treatment for jailed Iranian cleric

أبريل 06, 2014

Amnesty International has launched an urgent appeal for medical attention for a critically ill Iranian cleric being held in Tehran's E...Read More