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Tunisians hold pro-Palestinian rally
Hundreds of Tunisians rally in the capital to support the Palestinian uprising against Israel.

Hundreds of Tunisians rally in the capital to support the Palestinian uprising against Israel.

Israeli forces nab the director of the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil.

The head of the committee probing the crash of the Russian plane in Egypt says 'a noise' was recorded in the last second of the plane's CVR.

Separate bombings in and around the Iraqi capital leave nine people dead.

Iran on Saturday signed three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with South Africa over the expansion of mutual trade ties.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urges on-time and complete lifting of economic sanctions against Iran.

Gunmen kill two members of the Hazara Shia community in Pakistan's southwest.

British lawmakers may consider a debate over a no confidence vote in Prime Minister David Cameron as an online petition passes the required 100,000 threshold.

Senior Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr says his meeting with Premier Abadi was “constructive.”

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says Iran and South Korea can help promote peace and stability.

A seriously ill Bahraini dissident faces deportation from the UK after the British Home office rejected his asylum case.

South Africa will release more than 140 protesters who were detained in connection with a University of Johannesburg demonstration.

Yemeni forces hit another Saudi warship off the coast of Mocha.

Unidentified gunmen shoot and wound a Somali parliamentarian in the capital, Mogadishu.

India successfully test-fires a new supersonic long-range cruise missile.

The WHO says Sierra Leone has successfully beaten the Ebola virus.

Egypt's foreign minister says the Western governments have not sufficiently helped Cairo in its war on terror.

The latest US deployment of fighter jets to Turkey increases the risk of a “real accident” between America and Russia, says an analyst.