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Protests rage in Bahrain after Diraz bloodshed
More anti-regime rallies are held across Bahrain in protest at the Manama regime's deadly crackdown on the village of Diraz.

More anti-regime rallies are held across Bahrain in protest at the Manama regime's deadly crackdown on the village of Diraz.

Hundreds of residents have fled the southern Philippine city of Marawi amid fighting between government forces and Takfiri militants.

The strong-worded reaction by Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi came after Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a recent interview that his country "will work to have the battle in Iran.”

US lawmakers have introduced legislation seeking to stop at least a portion of President Donald Trump's sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia.

Former Greek Prime Minsiter Lucas Papademos was wounded on Thursday when a letter bomb exploded in his car.

US President Trump has denounced NATO allies for failing to pay for their own defense as they gathered in front of him in Brussels.

US-led airstrikes kill at least 117 civilians in Syria's oil-rich eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.

Turkey rejects a resolution by US lawmakers slamming the violent reaction of Turkish guards against an anti-Ankara protest in Washington.

Russian security forces arrest four Daesh-linked suspects planning terror attacks in Moscow.

During his first joint meeting with NATO leaders, US President Trump on Thursday appeared to push aside the prime minister of Montenegro.

A US federal appeals court has refused to reinstate Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban.

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh says the country is in a stronger position to continue its oil policies after the re-election of President Hassan Rouhani this past Saturday.

The United Kingdom is planning to send more troops to Afghanistan.

The men were executed in Gaza City over the killing of 38-year-old military commander Mazen Fuqahaa in March.

The Brazilian president revokes a decision to deploy troops in the capital amid increasing calls for his resignation.

The US bombarded a concrete building in Mosul’s western al-Jadida district, where Iraqi forces were fighting against terrorists, on March 17.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to extend until March 2018 an oil output cut deal that was sealed last year to help shore up prices.

The committee voted 18-3 in favor of the measure on Thursday but the bill still requires the full Senate support to become law.