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Egypt prosecutors charge four Al-Jazeera reporters

Fri Jan 17, 2014 07:45:37

Egyptian state prosecutors have charged four Al-Jazeera English reporters, who were detained last month, with "possessing unlicensed broadcast equipment used to damage Egypt’s national security, publishing false news to disrupt national peace and possessing false images aimed at tarnishing the country’s reputation and weakening its financial trust."

US to establish spying center in Bahrain

Fri Jan 17, 2014 00:31:39

The US government intends to establish an intelligence center in the Persian Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain in a bid to substitute its shrinking presence in the war-torn Afghanistan.

Al-Nusra claims blame for Hermel terror attack

Thu Jan 16, 2014 23:00:07

The al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front has issued an online statement claiming responsibility for the terrorist car bombing in Lebanon’s northeastern town of Hermel.

Jordan’s king meets Israeli PM in Amman

Thu Jan 16, 2014 22:06:38

Jordan's King Abdullah II has held talks with the prime minister of the Israeli regime Benjamin Netanyahu in Amman to discuss the US-sponsored talks between Tel Aviv and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA).

Syria militants behead man for ‘deserting prayers’

Thu Jan 16, 2014 20:32:13

Armed insurgents in Syria have cut off the head of a Syrian citizen under the pretext that he does not perform his daily prayers.

10 Yemeni soldiers killed by al-Qaeda militants

Thu Jan 16, 2014 19:22:45

Al-Qaeda militants have killed 10 Yemeni soldiers in three simultaneous attacks on army positions in the central Bayda province, an unnamed military official said.

Reported attacks on Syrian chemicals worries OPCW

Thu Jan 16, 2014 18:49:09

The head of the world's chemical weapons watchdog agency has voiced concerns about reports by the Syrian government of attacks on two of its chemical facilities.

Bahraini forces target homes with toxic teargas

Thu Jan 16, 2014 17:03:34

Saudi-backed security forces in Bahrain have targeted private homes near the capital Manama with tear gas as part of their persisting crackdown on anti-regime protesters.

Iran rules out preconditions for Geneva-2 role

Thu Jan 16, 2014 16:30:36

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has rejected as “unacceptable” any preconditions for Tehran’s participation in the upcoming Geneva II Conference on the Syrian crisis.

Rafiq Hariri killing trial opens in The Hague

Thu Jan 16, 2014 14:25:13

A UN-backed tribunal has started the trial of suspected men in absentia in murdering of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri in a 2005 car bombing.

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