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Egypt arrests 7 for sexually assaulting student in Tahrir

Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:01:19

Egyptian police have arrested seven men for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student during celebrations marking the inauguration of the country's new president in Cairo's central Tahrir Square the day before, security officials say.

Saudi court sentences two Shia activists to death

Tue Jun 10, 2014 09:29:03

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced two Shia activists to death and another one to 25 years in prison for involvement in anti-regime protests in the country's Eastern Province.

Dozens killed in clashes between rival terrorist groups in Syria

Tue Jun 10, 2014 07:50:08

Fresh fighting between the terrorist group of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a coalition of militants and an Al-Qaeda affiliate in eastern Syria has left at least 45 fighters dead, an activist group says.

112 anti-government protesters jailed in Egypt

Mon Jun 9, 2014 21:52:01

An Egyptian court in Cairo has sentenced 112 anti-government demonstrators to one year in jail, as authorities continue to quell dissent.

Twine suicide blasts kill 28, injure 150 in Iraq

Mon Jun 9, 2014 21:42:06

At least 28 people were killed and more than 150 injured Monday in twin suicide bombings outside the offices of two different political parties in northern Iraq, local media reported.

Syria's President Assad grants “general amnesty”

Mon Jun 9, 2014 16:37:35

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has announced a "general amnesty" for all crimes committed to date, state television said.

We want to extinguish religious war they began: Syria Mufti

Mon Jun 9, 2014 15:09:54

Leading figures in Syria such as the Mufti of Syria who lost his own son to a terrorist attack, want to extinguish the fires of hatred. The overwhelming majority of Syrians agree, isolating the foreign-backed mercenaries inside and outside Syria.

More Kiwis possibly killed in Syria war: NZ Premier

Mon Jun 9, 2014 14:34:56

New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key has admitted more than one Kiwi may have been killed in the war in Syria.

Infighting among al-Qaeda-linked gangs rages in E. Syria

Mon Jun 9, 2014 14:25:42

The al-Qaeda-linked ISIL terrorist group has stepped up its offensive against rival insurgents in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, by imposing a siege and cutting off electricity and water supplies.

Israeli siege forces Gazans to drink polluted water

Mon Jun 9, 2014 12:14:44

Palestinian Water Authority has warned that around 90 percent of water in the Gaza Strip is polluted due to the Israeli regime’s blockade of the impoverished coastal enclave.

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