
PERSIAN GULF
Bahrain hands three 10-year jail terms
A Bahraini court sentences three people to a total of 30 years in prison for committing arson and gathering for protest.

A Bahraini court sentences three people to a total of 30 years in prison for committing arson and gathering for protest.

The attacks in Paris, France on Friday that killed over 150 people could possibly be a “false flag” operation, says an analyst.

Tens of thousands of people stage an anti-government rally in South Korea.

Israeli regime forces demolish the houses of four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Iran has put together a package for $25 billion of investment in its booming power industry which is key to the country’s economic recovery, head of Iran Power Transmission, Generation and Distribution Company (Tavanir) says.

At least 94 Palestinians are shot and injured during clashes across the occupied West Bank.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush urges the US to step up the fight against ISIL.

President Rouhani cancels planned trips to Italy, the Vatican and France, following a spate of deadly terror attacks in Paris.

Americans are more likely to oppose deploying US ground troops against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.

The union representing Lufthansa’s cabin crew warns that more strikes will be held if the German airline fails to meet their demands.

At least seven people are killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Slovakia.

A high-ranking Kyrgyz official says about 500 Kyrgyz citizens are fighting alongside extremist militant groups in Syria.

As many as six terrorist attacks leave 127 people dead in and around the French capital, Paris.

President Obama condemned the “outrageous” terrorist attacks in Paris and pledged full US support.

A pro-Palestinian Scottish lawmaker is strip-searched by Israelis upon arrival in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The European Space Agency has released a video simulating the Rosetta mission’s Philae landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko about a year ago.

A US federal judge has sentenced France's Alstom SA to pay a $772.3 million criminal fine in a foreign bribery case, the Department of Justice said Friday.

Bahrainis stage rallies to protest the construction of Britain's new permanent military base in the tiny Persian Gulf country.