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Bahraini protesters again attacked by police forces

Thu May 8, 2014 16:57:02

Bahraini security forces have again clashed with anti-regime demonstrators that were protesting the refusal of the government to turn over the body of a protester killed by the regime’s police officers.

All Palestinian prisoners wage mass hunger strike

Thu May 8, 2014 16:38:36

Nearly all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have waged a one-day hunger strike to express solidarity with Palestinian inmates that have been on strike for nearly two weeks to protest their so-called administrative detention by the Tel Aviv regime without charge or trial.

Syrian militants surrender strongholds in Homs

Thu May 8, 2014 12:30:13

Hundreds of exhausted Syrian militants withdrew Wednesday from their last remaining strongholds in the heart of Homs, surrendering to President Bashar Assad a bloodstained city that was once the center of the foreign backed uprising against him.

Syria: UNSC members help supply WMDs to militants

Thu May 8, 2014 11:30:42

Syria has accused some United Nations Security Council (UNSC) member states of helping militants gain weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) on many occasions.

Saudi court sentences web manager to 10 yrs. in jail, 1000 lashes

Thu May 8, 2014 09:46:57

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced the editor of an internet forum founded to discuss the role of Wahhabis’ ruling in the conservative kingdom to 10 years in jail and 1000 lashes, Saudi media report.

US, China join search for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

Thu May 8, 2014 09:40:48

World powers, including the United States and China, have joined in the search for the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants who have also killed hundreds in the country's northeast this week.

Emails reveal close Google ties with NSA

Thu May 8, 2014 09:12:29

Email exchanges between National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander and Google executives Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt suggest a far cozier working relationship between some tech firms and the US government.

US closes Yemen embassy to public after attacks

Thu May 8, 2014 09:06:05

The US State Department says it has closed its embassy to the public in Yemen due to recent attacks against Western interests.

Putin declares troops withdrawal from Ukraine border

Thu May 8, 2014 08:37:16

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the 40,000 troops deployed along the border for a training operation have completed their mission and are being redeployed to their regular postings.

Syria committed to national reconciliation: Assad

Thu May 8, 2014 07:49:42

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said Damascus is committed to a national reconciliation process to end the country's conflict.

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