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Iran raps Bahrain repression of dissent
Iran says Bahrain’s crackdown on dissent, including its suspension of the main opposition bloc, complicates the crisis in the Persian Gulf sate.

Iran says Bahrain’s crackdown on dissent, including its suspension of the main opposition bloc, complicates the crisis in the Persian Gulf sate.

Donald Trump's campaign has hit a new low as Republican lawmakers join US President Barack Obama in rebuking him over his anti-Muslim rhetoric.

A British lawmaker dies after being attacked in a local constituency.

At least five pro-independence fighters and two Indian soldiers are killed in fresh clashes across the restive disputed region of Kashmir.

The first group of Israeli fighter pilots is headed to the US for F-35 training.

A prominent NGO says the Daesh-city of Fallujah is facing a ‘ humanitarian disaster’ as its hunger-stricken residents struggle to flee the violence.

Russia’s foreign minister says the US is likely seeking to use the al-Nusra Front terrorist group to unseat the Syrian president.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement denounces Bahrain’s repressive policies against dissent after the regime banned the al-Wefaq opposition bloc.

The US Department of Homeland Security says Americans need to look out for more ‘homegrown’ terror attacks after the Orlando mass shooting.

A UN investigative panel says the Daesh terrorist group is still committing genocide against the Izadi minority in Iraq and Syria.

Turkish Customs and Trade Minister Bulent Tufenkci says Ankara plans to triple trade with Iran to $30 billion “as soon as possible”.

A major French union pledges more anti-reforms rallies in the country next week in defiance of a government threat to ban street demonstrations.

The dead body of a 2-year-old boy who was snatched off a beach by an alligator and dragged underwater at Walt Disney World has been recovered.

EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc says the Iranian flag carrier Iran Air has been taken off a safety blacklist and can now fly in the European Union.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance's planned deployments in Poland and three Baltic states are aimed at deterring Russia.

A US Navy commander says Russian surveillance ships are shadowing American and NATO vessels in the Baltic Sea where they are staging a drill.

Some Congress members are once again calling for the release of secret pages of the 9/11 report.

The bodies of nearly three dozen refugees, including women and children, are found in Niger’s Sahara Desert.