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Bahraini prisoner died of neglect: lawyer

Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:17:26

The lawyer of a Bahraini prisoner who died after being transferred to a hospital has condemned prison officials for ignoring the inmate’s worsening health condition.

Two million Muslim pilgrims begin annual hajj

Sun Oct 13, 2013 11:25:25

Some two million Muslim pilgrims poured out of the holy city of Mecca on Sunday to begin the annual hajj, their numbers reduced on fears of the deadly MERS virus.

Infighting kills nearly 50 in Syria’s Aleppo

Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:04:54

About 50 foreign-backed militants have been killed in three days of infighting among armed groups in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.

Car bomb kills 14 in Iraqi city of Samarra

Sat Oct 12, 2013 23:05:00

At least 14 people have been killed and 31 others wounded when a car bomb exploded in a busy street lined with shops in the Iraqi city of Samarra, police and medics say.

Protesters in southern Yemen call for independence

Sat Oct 12, 2013 22:04:43

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in southern Yemen to renew calls for the establishment of an independent state.

Syria army retakes 40 villages, opens Hama-Aleppo road

Sat Oct 12, 2013 20:04:09

Syrian army forces inflicting heavy losses on the foreign-backed terrorists have regained the full control of about 40 villages and opened Hama-Aleppo road.

Child killed as mortars hit near inspectors' hotel in Syria

Sat Oct 12, 2013 17:29:53

At least one person has been killed as two mortar rounds slammed into Syria's capital near a hotel where international chemical inspectors and United Nations staff are staying, a state media reports.

Arafat poisoned to death: Lancet medical journal

Sat Oct 12, 2013 16:59:34

A report by one of the world’s leading medical journals has supported earlier findings that Yasser Arafat, the late leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, was poisoned to death nearly a decade ago.

Israeli forces face several protests, injure dozens

Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:33:36

Israeli regime forces have confronted several protest rallies across the occupied West Bank, attacking Palestinian demonstrators with tear-gas grenades in numerous villages, injuring dozens of protesters.

Lebanese bomber killed in Syria rocket attack

Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:31:32

A Lebanese terrorist widely suspected of involvement in recent car bomb attacks in southern Beirut has been reported killed in a rocket attack at a Lebanon-Syria border area.

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