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Saudi crown prince splashed £225m on world’s most expensive home - NewYorkTimes

Sun Dec 17, 2017 08:30:38

The palatial property was bought by the crown prince who has been leading a corruption crackdown.

UN council weighs measure rejecting US al-Quds decision

Sun Dec 17, 2017 07:52:31

The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution affirming that any change to the status of al-Quds (Jerusalem) has no legal effect and must be reversed, in response to the US decision to recognize the city as Israel's capital.

Iranian commander calls US envoy’s claims on Yemeni missile ‘absurd’

Sun Dec 17, 2017 07:36:59

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri denounced as “absurd” recent remarks made by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley about Iran’s missile support for Yemen.

‘Iran’s status as top regional power cementing day-by-day’: Velayati

Sun Dec 17, 2017 07:21:36

The top aide to Iran’s Leader says that the position of Iran as the number one power of the region is getting more and more solidified day by day.

Switzerland unveils world’s steepest funicular railway

Sat Dec 16, 2017 14:24:21

It looks like a string of giant hamster wheels, but the world’s steepest funicular railway is being hailed for its revolutionary design.

Russian security services uncover ISIS cell in Saint Petersburg

Sat Dec 16, 2017 14:11:47

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday it had uncovered a cell of the ISIS group that was planning imminent terror attacks in the country's second city Saint Petersburg.

The world's most beautiful mosques

Sat Dec 16, 2017 13:42:25

A new book by Rizzoli travels to the corners of the globe to find the architectural splendors of mosques

US becoming 'world champion of extreme inequality' under Donald Trump, says UN poverty envoy

Sat Dec 16, 2017 13:32:24

The United States under Donald Trump is fast becoming “the champion of inequality”, according to a scathing report by the United Nation’s expert on poverty.

Pence trip to Middle East overshadowed by Trump's Al-Quds decision

Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:40:51

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will underscore the U.S. partnership with Israel regime during a trip to the Middle East next week while seeking to shore up U.S. relations with the Arab world after Donald Trump recognized Al-Quds as the capital of Israel regime.

The family which doesn't feel pain

Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:33:19

Letizia Marsili, 52, first realised she was different when she was very young.