PERSIAN GULF
Bahrain Shias end prayers to protest abuse
Bahraini Shia Muslim clerics stop holding congregational prayers to protest the Al Khalifah regime’s crackdown on Shias.
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SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi asks UN to out blacklist sources
The UN says Saudi Arabia is pressuring the world body to disclose the sources of information that landed the kingdom on a blacklist of children's rights violators.
FOREIGN POLICY
‘US committed to Iran sanctions relief’
John Kerry says the US is committed to its obligations to ease sanctions under Iran's nuclear accord.
INTERVIEWS
‘UN giving Israel veneer of legitimacy’
An activist says the UN is allowing Israel to have a veneer of legitimacy on its atrocities by appointing it as chairman of the Legal Committee, giving it a license to finish genocide of Palestinians.
POLITICS
ISIL trying to send militants to West: CIA
The US spy chief is set to warn of a militant flow into the West.
POLITICS
Israel's seat on UN 'a mockery': Iran
Iran has denounced Israel's election to the chair of a permanent UN committee as a "mockery" of the UN Charter.
MORE
‘Over 400 killed’ in Ethiopia protests
Ethiopian security forces have killed more than 400 anti-government protesters and detained tens of thousands since November 2015, a rights group says.
PERSIAN GULF
UAE ends military attacks in Yemen
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ends its military attacks inside conflict-stricken Yemen.
FOREIGN POLICY
‘US set to accept Israeli terms on aid’
A US official says Washington is ready for accommodation of Israeli demands on military aid package.
EU
Greece 'Resign' rally asks govt. to quit
Thousands of dissatisfied Greeks have staged a protest rally in Athens and another major city to ask the government to resign over continued austerity.
IRAQ
Iraq army, Kurd forces close in on Mosul
The Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces begin operations to encircle the key Daesh stronghold of Mosul in Iraq.
SOCIETY
UK police tase ex-soldier to death
A former soldier dies after being Tasered by police in south Wales.
POLITICS
Trump calls for surveillance of mosques
US Republican presidential candidate Trump urges police surveillance of mosques.
DEFENSE
IRGC busts terrorist groups in NW Iran
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps busts two terrorist groups in the northwest of the country.
SOCIETY
#Enough momentum amid Orlando terror
Social media users are using #enough to denounce US gun laws in the wake of a deadly attack at a nightclub in the state of Florida.
POLITICS
Iran-Germany ties beneficial to all: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif says cooperation with Germany is beneficial to the whole world.
SOCIETY
Ecstasy with double, triple doses in UK
Britons have been warned of ecstasy pills in the UK market with lethal doses of MDMA.
SYRIA
Russia calls 48-hour Aleppo ceasefire
Russia announces a 48-hour “regime of silence” in Syria's northwestern city of Aleppo.
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