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Amnesty warns Allan could be re-arrested
Amnesty International has warned that Israel could re-arrest former Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan if his poor health condition improves.

Amnesty International has warned that Israel could re-arrest former Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan if his poor health condition improves.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the country must boost its defense power.

Egyptian security forces kill 10 militants during a series of operations in the volatile Sinai Peninsula.

Venezuela extends indefinitely the closure of the violence-plagued border with Colombia.

Russian prime minister lands on the disputed Kuril islands off Russia's far eastern coast and just north of Japan, prompting Tokyo's protest.

North and South Korea agree to high-level talks, retracting from an imminent military faceoff.

A top American general has said that the United States will defend its close ally South Korea amid heightening tensions between the South and North Korea.

A planned barter arrangement between Iran and Russia is proving harder than anticipated, with an Iranian official saying he didn’t know when major shipments would begin.

An African American teenager shot dead by white police officers in the US city of St. Louis this week died from a gunshot wound in the back, an autopsy report shows.

Ayatollah Khamenei hits out at those who distort realities and sow discord among Muslims.

Saudi fighter jets have carried out fresh rounds of airstrikes against various regions across crisis-stricken Yemen.

At least seven people are killed in a powerful typhoon that hit the Philippines and triggered landslides there.

The former Israeli minister of military affairs says Israel had separate plans to bomb Iran.

Sources say UK politician Jeremy Corbyn will not join Queen advisers body if he becomes Labour party leader.

A federal judge once again called on the Obama administration to promptly release children held at family detention facilities.

Hamas says some 17,000 Palestinians need to urgently leave the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip.

Iran’s LPG exports, mostly to China, are returning to pre-sanction levels of more than 4 million metric tons a year, new figures show.

Thailand’s police are seeking a new suspect in relation to the recent terrorist bombing in Bangkok.