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Abbas foe Dahlan sentenced to three years
Mohammed Dahlan was sentenced to a 3-year jail term and a fine payment of $16 million in absentia by a court in Ramallah.

Mohammed Dahlan was sentenced to a 3-year jail term and a fine payment of $16 million in absentia by a court in Ramallah.

Putin was “personally involved” in a covert Russian effort to intervene in the 2016 US election, a report claims.

A US Congressman is calling on colleagues to delay the date of a vote for the Electoral College and demand intelligence briefing for every elector in regard to Russia’s hacking allegations.

Demonstrators take to the streets in Bahrain in protest to the Manama’s crackdown on dissent and to show solidarity with political prisoners.

Militants are keeping civilians in Aleppo and using them as human shields, says the UN.

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been urged to pressure Manama to set human rights activist Nabeel Rajab free.

A US, Russia faceoff will become inevitable if President-elect Donald Trump decides to scrap Iran’s nuclear deal, says EU foreign policy chief.

Forbes magazine names Russian President Vladimir Putin as the world’s most powerful person.

The United States is warning that the Daesh Takfiri group may use new arms it has seized in the Syrian city of Palmyra.

America’s hostile policies against China will continue under Trump, an analyst says, warning of a possible retaliation by Beijing.

The Iranian president lauds the liberation of the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Duterte said in a recent speech that he used to patrol the city of Davao as mayor on a big motorcycle to look for lawbreakers to kill.

President Assad says the US officials are seeking to wash their hands of any link with the extremists in Syria.

The UK Brexit secretary says that London will have no plans ready for Brexit before February.

A political expert says the Israeli regime and its supporters are behind insurgency in the Middle East region to distract public opinion from Palestinians’ woes.

Pakistan's military says the newer version of Babur cruise missile was launched from an undisclosed location.

Ayatollah Khamenei stresses consolidated ties among Muslim countries.

Some 169 senators voted in favor of the cabinet while 99 voted against on Wednesday.