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Bahraini regime forces attack protesters
Bahraini regime forces attack protesters demanding the immediate release of imprisoned activists and political dissidents.

Bahraini regime forces attack protesters demanding the immediate release of imprisoned activists and political dissidents.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has called for a ban on Islamic headscarves at universities.

Iran summons Denmark’s temporary chargé d'affaires over actions carried out against the Iranian embassy in Copenhagen.

Kuwait has reportedly deployed National Guard troops to protect and run oil facilities during workers’ strike.

US President Barack Obama pays a rare visit to CIA headquarters in the state of Virginia to discuss the country’s alleged war on Daesh terror group.

Russia warns that Takfiri terrorists could launch chemical attacks in Europe.

An super-PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is targeting his GOP contender, Donald Trump, for an old joke about “dating” his own daughter.

A senior Saudi official says Riyadh has sent large volumes of ammunition to anti-Iran terror groups in Pakistan.

A top Syrian official has rejected a transitional government saying that such ideas are nothing short of a “coup d’etat.”

A top US commander has censured Russia for its “old tricks” in the in the Baltic Sea.

Fifteen Saudi Arabian “hijackers” were not working against the US government on September 11, 2001, but they were working for the US government, says Dr. Kevin Barrett.

A total of six people are killed in a bombing as well as clashes between security forces and militants in Libya’s northwest.

Jordan closes the headquarters of a Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group in the capital, Amman.

The US wants Assad to be removed through a “Plan B” that includes providing anti-government militants with heavy weaponry, says an analyst.

Washington’s plan to supply more-powerful weapons to so-called moderate militants in Syria is a violation of a ceasefire agreement, says Brian Becker.

An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits Myanmar.

President Rouhani says Iran has always seriously pursued the fight against terrorism.

Russian Sukhoi bomber jets have performed close overflights over USS Donald Cook destroyer.