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Bahrain police attack funerals for slain teenager
Fresh clashes break out as Manama’s troops resort to violence to prevent mass funeral ceremonies for a young martyr.

Fresh clashes break out as Manama’s troops resort to violence to prevent mass funeral ceremonies for a young martyr.

The wife of France’s conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon has been charged with complicity in abuse of public funds.

Thousands of Venezuelans on Tuesday protested against a meeting of the Organization of American States, which is mulling Venezuela’s suspension.

Police reports pointing to a high rate of teen-girl disappearances in Washington, DC, has caused a public outcry.

AL heads of state are meeting in Jordan for talks on a range of issues, especially regional conflicts, with no substantial results expected.

Simone Gbagbo has been acquitted of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges by a court in the West African nation.

Two foreign UN contractors, who were kidnapped in DR Congo, are found dead, one of them decapitated, amid spiraling violence in the African state.

The US Senate has ratified Montenegro's admission into NATO in what many senators viewed as a message to Russia.

The US House of Representatives votes to repeal rules that would block internet service providers from selling user data to third parties.

Iran's ambassador to the UN has reiterated Tehran's call for the total eradication of nuclear weapons.

Donald Trump cannot even eat Russian salad dressing on his salad without raising questions, says the White House press secretary.

The Yemeni military unveils a medium range ballistic missile dubbed the Qaher M2.

Donald Trump signs an executive order to roll back Obama-era climate change regulations despite opposition from environmentalists.

A high-ranking US commander says there was a “fair chance” that a coalition airstrike in western Mosul killed a large number of Iraqi civilians.

US President Donald Trump’s funding request for building a wall on the Mexican border as well as military activities has to wait by later this year, Senate Republican leaders say.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger the process of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) on Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump and some members of his administration are strongly anti-Palestinian, an analyst says.

The Iran men’s national soccer team defeats China 1-0 in the third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament.