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Iraqi cleric orders end to Baghdad sit-in
Senior Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls on his supporters to stop a sit-in inside Baghdad’s Green Zone district.

Senior Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls on his supporters to stop a sit-in inside Baghdad’s Green Zone district.

The US military’s growing troop presence in eastern parts of Europe and Asia is a “very dangerous policy,” says James Petras.

A political commentator says the UN is acting as Riyadh's political wing in Yemen to cover its crimes against the Yemeni people.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has refused to rule out dropping a nuclear weapon on Europe.

A car bomb attack targeting Turkish police forces kills seven officers in the city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey.

China says there is no need for US gesticulation about Beijing’s plans in the disputed South China Sea.

The Israeli regime transfers another injured terrorist into the occupied territories in order to receive treatment.

People take to the streets in several French cities to protest labor reforms.

Amnesty says migrant laborers working for the World Cup in Qatar are being exploited.

A political analyst says the aggressive policies of the Turkish president in the Middle East aim at reviving the Ottoman empire.

About two-thirds of Americans believe torture can be justified to extract information from suspected terrorists, according to a new poll.

Russia says the export of arms to Ukraine aggravates the conflict and violates peace deals.

Croatia slams the acquittal of radical Serb leader Vojislav Seselj by the UN war crimes tribunal.

An Israeli company reduces its electricity supply to the occupied Palestinian city of Jericho over a debt dispute.

Donald Trump has the most negative image of any of the five US presidential candidates, according to a new poll.

Dozens of Saudi-led troops are killed in clashes with Yemenis near the Red Sea Coast.

A political analyst says that the Israeli society is a sick community tainted by racism and violence.

Figures show that Iran's exports of oil in February reached the highest level in two years.