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UN to probe Burundi 'rights violations'
The UN is sending investigators to Burundi to probe rights abuse claims.

The UN is sending investigators to Burundi to probe rights abuse claims.

The UN chief says the ceasefire in Syria is largely holding despite some incidents.

The Iranian interior minister says the turnout in twin elections was 62 percent nationwide.

A deadly explosion hits the southern port of Aden in Yemen, killing two people.

British civil servants have warned that leaving the European Union would cause a decade of uncertainty.

The economic sanctions against Russia will not be extended automatically, the Hungarian premier says.

A senior Iranian official says a Saudi and Russian initiative to tackle the oil supply glut is “a small step in the right direction.”

Syrian army retakes control of a strategic road in the northern province of Aleppo from Daesh.

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has condemned Saudi Arabia for defying calls to halt airstrikes on Yemen.

Takfiri militants shoot and kill five Egyptian police officers in two separate surprise attacks.

Iran strongly condemns the recent deadly terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Iran unveils five new domestically-built pieces of defense equipment.

An Ohio pastor has been shot and killed at his own church during service.

Arab states in the Persian Gulf are facing a massive account deficit and a hard time to refinance $94 billion of debt in the next two years, HSBC says.

People in Bahrain have held an anti-regime demonstration on the outskirts of the capital Manama.

Some 22 Palestinian inmates with different types of cancer are suffering from medical negligence in Israeli jails, a group says.

Protesters in a California rally slam Academy Awards over ‘discrimination.’

A human rights group says Yemen’s infrastructure has been largely destroyed in Saudi Arabia’s 11-month aggression against the country.