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11 suspects in Kuwait mosque attack freed
A Kuwaiti court frees 11 out of 29 suspects in the late June bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Kuwait City.

A Kuwaiti court frees 11 out of 29 suspects in the late June bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Kuwait City.

The UNSC will vote on a resolution to identify culprits of chemical attacks in Syria, diplomats say.

EU officials criticize the bloc for lack of action against migrant deaths at sea.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will help the country’s refiners clear $6.5 billion in outstanding debt which they owe to Iran for oil purchases, Indian media reports say.

Police in the US state of Tennessee have admitted to killing a mentally ill man who allegedly attacked people inside a theater with a fake gun.

The monetary policy committee of the Bank of England has decided to put the interest rates on hold at 0.5% again.

A Palestinian man reportedly runs over Israeli troops north of the West Bank city of Ramallah.

The Russian premier questions the legitimacy of Turkey’s alleged anti-PKK air raids in Iraq.

Palestinian political parties censure Tel Aviv for stepping up pressure against Palestinian inmates at Israeli jails.

Russia was marking the first anniversary of its embargo on Western agricultural products with planned destruction of smuggled goods on Thursday.

The Tunisian prime minister says the Western military intervention in Libya in 2011 was the root cause of the rise of terrorism in the region.

A fresh US drone strike has claimed lives of at least a dozen people in eastern Afghan province of Logar.

Iran rejects US media reports claiming that Tehran is trying to 'sanitize' the Parchin military site.

Clashes between Ukraine's military forces and pro-Russia fighters leave five Kiev soldiers and a civilian dead.

Muslim neighborhoods in the United States are under constant aerial surveillance by the FBI, flight records show.

Russia calls for the establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the 1945 atomic bombings of Japan.

Republican US Senator Bob Corker is seeking to extend legislation which imposes sanctions on Iran

Tube strike brings London to standstill with commuters and tourists facing a day of travel chaos.