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Saudi FM invites Iranian counterpart to Riyadh for talks

Tue May 13, 2014 17:24:15

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said on Tuesday Riyadh had invited Iran's foreign minister to visit the kingdom.

US Defense Secretary arrives in Saudi for Syria talks

Tue May 13, 2014 16:58:54

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in the Saudi Arabia Tuesday, the first leg of a regional tour focusing on Syria's civil war.

Ex-CIA director admits US killing ‘people based on metadata'

Tue May 13, 2014 12:26:29

A former high-ranking US intelligence official has admitted that Washington uses the metadata obtained by the National Security Agency as the basis for killing people.

Where is Ukraine? CNN map says in… Pakistan: Video

Tue May 13, 2014 10:14:35

The American news giant, CNN, has reshaped the world a bit in their live coverage of events in Ukraine. The eastern part of the European country got pinned miles and miles away from where it actually is – in Pakistan.

UK troops face 'growing mental health cost' of Afghan war

Tue May 13, 2014 10:00:40

There has been a "significant increase" in the number of UK veterans of the Afghanistan conflict seeking mental health treatment, says a charity.

Many militants killed in Syria army mop-up operations

Tue May 13, 2014 09:37:47

Several militants have been killed in operations by the Syrian army against foreign-backed terrorist groups across the country.

Kuwaiti minister blamed for funding terrorists in Syria quits

Tue May 13, 2014 08:28:40

Kuwait's Justice and Islamic Affairs Minister Nayef al-Ajmi has resigned after a senior US official said he had called for war in syria and promoted the funding of terrorism.

Israeli violations spark Lebanese ire

Tue May 13, 2014 08:06:52

Lebanese officials has slammed an overnight Israeli operation to remove cement barriers and uproot two trees about 10 meters inside Lebanese territory with the government expected to lodge a complaint to the UN Security Council against the regime.

Some 100 ISIL terrorists killed in Iraqi army operation

Mon May 12, 2014 22:19:36

Iraqi troops have launched an offensive against the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group, killing 100 militants and regaining the control of militant-held areas in the country’s western province of al-Anbar.

EU extends anti-Russia sanctions as Donetsk votes to join Russia

Mon May 12, 2014 21:21:52

The European Union (EU) has increased its sanctions against Russia over the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the bloc’s diplomats say.

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