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Kidnapped Iranian border guards in good health: official

Thu Apr 3, 2014 21:43:49

A senior Iranian official has said that the five Iranian border guards recently abducted and transferred to neighboring Pakistan are unharmed and in good health.

Fighting rages in Syria's Latakia as army advances

Thu Apr 3, 2014 18:45:32

Battles raged Thursday over key flashpoints in Syria's Latakia province, a monitoring group said, nearly two weeks into an offensive by militant groups against the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad's clan and his Alawite sect.

Jordanian forces sent to Bahrain to quell protests: leaked document

Thu Apr 3, 2014 18:17:23

An important classified document recently leaked shows that around 500 Jordanian security forces are in Bahrain to help the Al Khalifa regime's crackdown on the prodemocracy demonstrations.

Saudi man stabs foreign worker to death in broad daylight: Video

Thu Apr 3, 2014 16:59:12

A new footage posted on the Internet shows a Saudi man hacking a foreign worker to death in broad daylight, in one of the busiest parts of the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh.

Syria paper accuses Brahimi of encouraging 'terror'

Thu Apr 3, 2014 15:20:54

A pro-government Syria newspaper accused U.N.-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi Thursday of encouraging "terrorism" and plotting the "destruction and dismantling of the Middle East."

Syria has no option but to triumph over terrorism: Assad

Thu Apr 3, 2014 13:33:15

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that Syrian people have no choice but to overcome foreign-backed militants and extremist theoreticians in the country.

Brotherhood: Foreign pressures may affect UK review

Thu Apr 3, 2014 13:25:59

The Muslim Brotherhood has urged Britain not to bow to foreign pressure in conducting a review of the group over concerns about possible links to violence, following its designation by Egypt and Saudi Arabia as a terrorist organization.

NASA suspends cooperation with Russia on Krimea

Thu Apr 3, 2014 10:10:12

The United States has suspended contact between NASA and its Russian counterpart to show displeasure with Moscow over Krimea crisis.

Pervez Musharraf survives assassination bid in Islamabad

Thu Apr 3, 2014 10:05:01

Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for alleged treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb went off shortly before his convoy was due to pass early Thursday, police said.

Palestinians ask to join 15 world bodies, treaties

Thu Apr 3, 2014 08:27:42

Eight-month-old Middle East peace negotiations were on the verge of collapse Wednesday, after the Palestinian Authority submitted requests to join 15 international conventions.

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