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Bahrain court upholds Salman’s 9-year jail term
The top Shia cleric’s long-term prison sentence has drawn criticism from Bahraini opposition activists and international rights groups.

The top Shia cleric’s long-term prison sentence has drawn criticism from Bahraini opposition activists and international rights groups.

Lack of attention for popular demands and a declining society has lead to the death of the American dreams, according to Noam Chomsky.

The president-elect has dismissed US intelligence reports that Russia intervened in the November 8 election in his favor.

The country’s ruling center-right National Party caucus unanimously voted for English on Monday.

US military officials are concerned about more attacks by Turkey against Kurdish forces fighting to push Daesh Takfiri terrorists out of their de facto capital, Raqqah, in northern Syria.

US President-elect Donald Trump will be a good friend to Tel Aviv, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The administration of US President Barack Obama is trying to blame Russia for the “staggering loss” of the Democratic Party, which led to rise of Donald Trump in the US politics, an analyst says.

Iran stresses that targeting holy sites is against the teachings of all religions.

Austria’s foreign minister says Vienna will block the progression of Turkey’s EU accession talks.

Moscow dismisses claims by militants that it has reached an agreement with Washington over giving the terrorists safe passage out of the embattled Syrian city.

US President-elect Donald Trump is trying to involve his daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, in his administration.

The monarch said "cutting public spending through careful measures to fix the imbalance in the state budget... has become inevitable."

The US military has long been providing military statistics without providing any evidence to back them, say an analyst.

Iran says Saudi Arabia and Britain are making comments against Tehran in an attempt to cover up their support for Takfiri terrorism.

Most of the victims were security officers.

Turkey’s Erdogan vows the fight against terrorism would continue “until the end.”

An analyst says the United States and its regional allies are fueling a wave of terror in the Middle East by supporting the terrorists.

Official preliminary results showed that almost 80 percent of the voters had thrown their support behind the reforms.