PERSIAN GULF
Bahraini teen will be 147 after jail term
A Bahraini court has sentenced a teenage boy to 130 years in prison and stripped him of his nationality.
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MILITARY
Pentagon mulls demoting ex-CIA director
The Pentagon is considering demoting former CIA director David Petraeus for leaking classified information while still serving in uniform.
YEMEN
Saudis still dropping UK bombs on Yemen
Britain sold the Saudis over 1.5 billion dollars worth of arms last summer, say rights groups.
POLITICS
Sara Palin backs Trump ahead of Iowa
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin supports Republican front-runner Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
POLITICS
Levinson no longer in Iran: White House
The White House says retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who allegedly disappeared in Iran in 2007, is no longer in the country.
BUSINESS
IMF cuts global growth forecast
The International Monetary Fund has cut its forecast for the global growth by estimating that the international economy will grow at 3.4 percent this year.
POLITICS
Iran-Pakistan military force deters plots
A senior Iranian official says Iran-Pakistan military power has so far deterred many foreign plots.
SYRIA
'Daesh backers behind Syria massacre'
Syria blames the recent massacre by Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Deir al-Zour Province on countries that support armed groups.
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Canada frozen out of anti-Daesh talks
Canada is excluded from a ministerial meeting to discuss the fight against Daesh.
FOREIGN POLICY
US, Israel to finalize new military aid
A high-level American delegation is expected to visit Israel next week to work out the final details of a new 10-year military aid package.
PAKISTAN
Pakistan test-fires cruise missile
Pakistan test-fires a locally developed air-launched cruise missile.
CHINA
China’s Xi arrives in Saudi Arabia
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Saudi Arabia on the first leg of his Middle East tour.
INTERVIEWS
Blacks’ plight worsened since Dr. King
The situation of most African Americans has deteriorated since the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., a researcher and historian in Washington says.
ECONOMY
Iran starts moving released assets
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says it has started moving $32 billion of Iran's assets that have been released from overseas banks in the wake of the removal of sanctions against the country.
POLITICS
‘Muslims need coalition but not for war’
In an apparent reference to the Saudi-led aggression against Yemen, Iran’s president says Muslims need a coalition for progress and not war.
NORTH AFRICA
Tunisia police attack protest over jobs
Tunisian police fire tear gas to disperse protesters demanding jobs.
POLITICS
Iran official due at Jeddah OIC meeting
An Iranian deputy foreign minister will attend an OIC emergency meeting in Jeddah on Tehran-Riyadh row.
TURKEY
'Turkey anti-PKK ops end in Silopi'
Turkey’s military operations against the PKK end in one of three Kurdish-dominated areas in the southeast.
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