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UN report on Syria CWs offers no 'bulletproof data'

Tue Sep 17, 2013 09:45:47

Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin says the UN report on the chemical attack of August 21 in Syria offers no “bulletproof data or conclusions” on who ordered it.

HRW: Bahrain tortures children in prisons

Tue Sep 17, 2013 08:53:42

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Bahrain’s law enforcement has made a habit of regularly detaining children, who are forced to undergo humiliation and cruel treatment often bordering on torture.

Russia to send 11th warship to Mediterranean, near Syria

Tue Sep 17, 2013 08:07:05

The Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean Sea will be boosted by another military vessel till the end of September, according to the country’s Black Sea Fleet command.

Syrians form human shield to bar military strikes

Mon Sep 16, 2013 23:07:36

Dozens of Syrian people supporting President Bashar al-Assad have formed a human shield near capital to prevent possible attack against their country.

Turkey downs Syrian helicopter, 2 pilots dead

Mon Sep 16, 2013 22:01:41

A Syrian helicopter has crashed after it was targeted by Turkish warplanes, Turkish deputy Prime Minister has said.

Iraq chemical attack on Iran still takes victims

Mon Sep 16, 2013 19:28:31

More than two decades after the end of the 1980-88 Iraqi imposed war against Iran, the chemical attacks by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein still takes toll.

UN report reveals more war crimes by Syria rebels

Mon Sep 16, 2013 18:21:08

UN human rights investigators have shed light on the crimes and killings committed by western-backed terrorist groups in Syria.

Mubarak’s lawyer to sue Egyptian paper whistleblowers

Mon Sep 16, 2013 17:14:53

A storm has erupted in Egypt following the publication of the transcript of a secret recording of a conversation between former President Hosni Mubarak and a doctor treating him at Turrah Prison in Cairo.

Saudi Arabia 4th country with most expat workers

Mon Sep 16, 2013 16:56:57

Saudi Arabia ranks fourth in hosting the largest number of foreign manpower worldwide with 9.1 million foreign workers in the Kingdom, a new study has shown.

Rouhani: Syria crisis part of wider plot for region

Mon Sep 16, 2013 15:00:03

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the current crisis in Syria is merely part of a broader conspiracy plan in the Middle East.

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