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| Syria opposition seeks to unify as talks get momentum to end war |
Syria's fractious opposition scrambled to agree a new leadership yesterday in a bid to present a coherent front at peace talks which the United States and Russia are convening to seek an end to more than two years of civil war...
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| US official blasts Iran election maneuvering |
US Secretary of State John Kerry harshly criticized Iranian authorities Friday for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates, suggesting that Tehran is standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy...
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| Bahrain protesters, police clash |
Hundreds of Bahraini Shia Muslims angered by a raid last week on a top cleric's home clashed with police yesterday, while thousands more gathered in the cleric's village for a peaceful sit-in against the government...
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| GCC celebrates 32 years of cooperation |
Saudi political and academic leaders have expressed optimism regarding the future of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as the bloc celebrates its 32nd anniversary of establishment in Abu Dhabi on May 25, 1981...
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| Al-Qaeda seizes Yemen villages |
Fighters loyal to Al-Qaeda have seized control of villages near the Yemeni port city of Mukalla in an apparent bid to take over swathes of the southeastern province of Hadramawt, the Interior Ministry and residents said yesterday...
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| Iraq warns Kurds against exporting oil to Turkey |
The Iraqi government said on Friday it will initiate "legal action" against companies that export crude oil from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to Turkey...
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| Saudi missing for 10 years found imprisoned in Iraq |
The Human Rights Commission following up on the conditions of missing and imprisoned Saudis in Iraqi prisons announced that it found a Saudi national missing for 10 years...
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