SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Tornado jets join Turkey war games
The Saudi Arabian air force dispatches a number of its Tornado warplanes to multinational aerial war games underway in Turkey.
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PALESTINE
Palestinians spurn direct talks with Israel
An official with the Palestinian Authority dismisses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for direct talks between Palestinian and Israeli officials.
SYRIA
Russia urges 3-day ‘calm’ near Damascus
Russia calls for a three-day ‘regime of calm’ in Eastern Ghouta and Daraya near the Syrian capital from Tuesday.
POLITICS
'Trump taps into racism in US society'
Former US President Jimmy Carter says Donald Trump is tapping into “inherent racism” in in American society.
GERMANY
German rightists quit talks with Muslims
Germany’s anti-refugee right-wing political party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), break off talks with Muslim activists.
EGYPT
‘Remains point to blast on EgyptAir flight’
An Egyptian forensic official says human remains retrieved from EgyptAir 804 crash site point to an explosion on board.
FOREIGN POLICY
US backs Vietnam in S China Sea dispute
US President Barack Obama has called for the peaceful resolution of territorial disputes in the South China Sea during a speech in Vietnam.
BRAZIL
Leaked ‘plot’ shakes new Brazilian govt.
A minister with the new Brazilian government has been forced to resign after he was reportedly caught on tape talking about an anti-Rousseff plot.
SYRIA
‘Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist allowed US trip’
A top figure from the Ahrar al-Sham terrorist group visited the US without trouble in December last year, a new report says.
POLITICS
Ayatollah Jannati to head Experts Assembly
Iran's Assembly of Experts elects Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati to head the body tasked with appointing the “Leader of the Islamic Revolution” and overseeing his work.
ECONOMY
Brexit may damage health care: NHS chief
Britain’s separation from the EU could damage the country’s publicly funded health care system, according to a senior NHS official.
POLITICS
Bahrain refuses to let toddler out of jail
Bahraini authorities deny the request of a female political prisoner to let her baby boy out of jail due to her illness.
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Peru declares environmental emergency
Peru declares emergency over mercury contamination caused by illegal gold mining in a remote area of the Amazon region.
DEFENSE
‘Iran arrests terrorists sent by Saudi’
A senior Iranian official says that Iran has arrested a number of terrorists tasked by Saudi Arabia with carrying out operations inside the Islamic Republic.
SYRIA
Riyadh, Ankara, Doha ‘escalate Syria war’
Syria accuses Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar of being responsible for a “dangerous escalation” in the Syrian conflict following deadly bomb attacks in two Syrian cities.
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Europe urges 'immediate' peace in Ukraine
Leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine call for an "immediate" restoration of peace to eastern Ukraine after fresh clashes in the volatile region.
POLITICS
Clinton backs out of California debate
US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton has declined to debate rival Bernie Sanders, ahead of the state's primary.
SOCIETY
Top TSA official removed from post
A top TSA official has been removed from his position after the agency was criticized for long lines at airport security checkpoints.
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