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| Syria regime agrees to attend peace conference: Russia |
Russia said on Friday that the Damascus regime had agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference on the Syria crisis that is expected to take place in Geneva in June...
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| Iran: IAEA report shows nuclear drive is peaceful |
A new report by the UN atomic watchdog validates Iran's progress in its "peaceful" nuclear activities despite international sanctions, the country's envoy to the agency said yesterday...
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| Iraq violence kills 11 |
Attacks in Iraq on Thursday killed 11 people, including four soldiers, officials said, the latest in a wave of violence that has left 420 people dead so far this month...
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| Saudi charities face funding crisis over terror fears |
Credible Saudi charities are facing a funding crisis because of recent measures aimed at clamping down on terrorists using charities as fronts to raise funds and launder money...
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| Iran denies its drone entered Bahrain airspace |
Tehran on Thursday denied a Bahraini claim it had found an Iranian drone in the sea near Saudi Arabia, and urged Manama to refrain from making "baseless accusations," the ISNA news agency reported...
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| 32-year-old GCC faces threats, makes accomplishments |
Thirty-two years ago, leaders of the regional countries held a summit conference in Abu Dhabi, the UAE, where they approved constituent law of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...
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| 5 die as Assad backers, foes clash in Lebanon |
Opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, leaving five people dead in what was described as some of the heaviest fighting there in years, officials said..
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