SAUDI ARABIA
Belgium regrets backing Saudi on rights panel
The Belgian PM says it was a mistake to help Saudi Arabia get appointed on the UN rights panel.
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POLITICS
Pentagon warned Flynn over foreign payments
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by the Defense Intelligence Agency against accepting foreign payments as he entered retirement.
TURKEY
Russian Navy vessel sinks off Turkey coast
A Russian naval intelligence ship submerges off Turkey's Black Sea coast after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock.
SYRIA
Assad outlines US, Israeli plots against Syria
President Assad's remarks came in the wake of Israel's latest attack on at a military position near Damascus airport on Thursday and a recent US tomahawking of Shayrat Airfield in Homs.
PAKISTAN
US drone strike kills seven in NW Pakistan
The drone strike happened in the Lawara Mandi area of North Waziristan, a remote tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
FRANCE
Police clash with students in Paris
Black-clad demonstrators hurled bottles at police, smashed storefronts and set rubbish bins alight.
MILITARY
Two US troops killed in Afghanistan: Pentagon
Two US troops have been killed while fighting Daesh-affiliated militants in eastern Afghanistan, according to the Pentagon.
YEMEN
Two Saudi troopers killed near Yemen border
Two Saudi soldiers are killed in a simultaneous landmine explosion and rocket attack near the border with Yemen.
PALESTINE
Hamas warns of 'explosion' over Gaza power cuts
The Israeli military body COGAT says the Palestinian Authority has informed of its decision to "immediately stop paying for the electricity that Israel supplies to Gaza.
PALESTINE
Palestinians close shops to support hunger strikers
Almost all businesses remained closed and public transport stayed off the streets in all cities across the West Bank.
SOCIETY
Armed man arrested near UK Parliament
A man was arrested for possession of weapons near Britain’s Houses of Parliament, according to London Police.
ECONOMY
Trump under fire over huge tax cut for the rich
US President Donald Trump's proposed tax cuts for individuals and businesses could add trillions in dollars to the federal deficit and would significantly benefit the wealthy, experts say.
IRAQ
Iraqi forces fully retake city from Daesh
Iraqi volunteer forces reclaim full control of the ancient city of Hatra southwest of Mosul.
TURKEY
Erdogan actions ‘severely hit’ EU ties: Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel recent measures taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have adversely affected relations between the EU and Ankara.
POLITICS
Pakistan 'accountable' for deaths of Iranian guards
On Wednesday, nine Iranian border guards were killed in clashes with terrorists near the Iranian town of Mirjaveh in the province of Sistan-and-Baluchestan.
SOMALIA
Militants kill senior Somali security officer
The security officer was sitting in front of his house without his body guards when armed militants shot him to death.
FOREIGN POLICY
UK to join US in attacks against Syria
Britain says it will probably join the US in further military action against Syria if asked to do so, whether or not Parliament approves it.
PALESTINE
Israeli tank shells southern Gaza Strip
The Israeli military says one of its tanks opened fire on a position of Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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