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Bahrainis rally against British PM’s visit
The demonstrators took to the streets in the island village of Sitra on Wednesday evening to condemn London’s support for the Manama regime

The demonstrators took to the streets in the island village of Sitra on Wednesday evening to condemn London’s support for the Manama regime

The US Border Patrol agency has engineered the death and disappearance of tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants, according to an advocacy group.

Israel directly opposes a French proposal for a conference aimed at reviving talks with the Palestinians, who have nodded their agreement to the prospect.

Cuba is seeking to secure at least 12 more pacts with the US before Donald Trump takes control of the White House.

British MPs agree not to delay plans by Prime Minister Theresa May to start the Brexit process by the end of March.

US President-elect Donald Trump enjoys a 50-percent favorability, one month after winning the 2016 presidential election, a new poll shows.

The Israeli MPs approve a hugely-controversial bill legalizing some 4,000 settler units built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, in the first of three readings needed to make it a law.

An agreement on Russia’s establishment of a permanent naval base in Syria is reportedly in the “final stages” of preparation.

Democratic lawmakers will not take issue with an expedited process designed to allow former General James Mattis to serve as US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Pentagon.
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Iran says the countries fueling violence in the region can not accuse the Islamic Republic of meddling in other states’ affairs.

A political commentator says the Zionist lobbies and their supporters among American politicians seek to stop the implementation of the JCPOA.

Theresa May is trying to strike more arms deals with Arab nations as well as British allies of the past, says an analyst.

Aleppo will be a win for us and it will be a huge step toward ending the war, President Assad says.

Turkey demands the immediate extradition of all the eight Turkish soldiers seeking asylum in Greece.

The UN Committee against Torture calls on the Sri Lankan government to rein in "broad police powers."

Another Marine Corps F/A-18 has crashed, puzzling US military experts about the aircraft’s high crash rate.

A committee tasked with monitoring the implementation of Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement says the US bans renewal is in blatant violation of the JCPOA.

Ambassador Martin Erdmann was summoned to Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.