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Daughters of Saudi king censure father on video

Mon Mar 31, 2014 15:34:16

Four daughters of Saudi Monarch King Abdullah, who say they live in two mansions in a closed royal compound in the country’s second city Jeddah, have sent a video footage to a media outlet detailing their daily sufferings under virtual house arrest on the orders of their father.

Saudis arrest 3 over critical YouTube videos

Mon Mar 31, 2014 15:13:45

Saudi Arabian authorities have detained three of their citizens for posting YouTube videos that call on the oil-rich kingdom to improve their living standards as well as criticizing "corruption" in the Persian Gulf Kingdom.

North, South Korea exchange fire in fresh tensions

Mon Mar 31, 2014 14:46:53

South Korean military authorities have reported a fresh incident of exchanging fire with rival North Korea across their disputed maritime border.

Syria says militant backers hinder chemical removal bid

Mon Mar 31, 2014 14:34:36

Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faissal Mikhdad has emphasized that despite his government’s commitment to its obligations on chemical weapons destruction, some countries are trying to politicize this file and support armed insurgent groups that have committed the most hideous crimes in Syria.

Syria accuses Turkish PM of aiding militants, terrorism

Mon Mar 31, 2014 13:51:09

Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi has reiterated that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration has regularly aided the intrusion of armed insurgents into Kassab area in Lattakia countryside, accusing them of involvement in international terrorism.

Israeli ethnic cleansing persist since 1976 + pics

Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:23:34

Every year on March 30, the residents of the Triangle area in the 1948 occupied territories commemorate the anniversary of the Land Day and remember their martyrs who were killed by Zionist occupation forces in 1976 while protesting against the confiscation of their lands.

Merchant vessel attacked in Strait of Hormuz

Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:41:42

A merchant cargo ship has reportedly been attacked by unidentified assailants while sailing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz linking the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman.

50 Takfiri insurgents killed in NE Syria infighting

Mon Mar 31, 2014 09:57:20

In continued infighting among foreign-backed Takfiri groups in Syria, more than 50 armed insurgents have been reported killed in fierce battles in northeast of the country, near the Turkish border.

Top US general in Israel despite recent tensions

Mon Mar 31, 2014 09:28:04

The top US military commander has arrived in Israel for talks on “strategic cooperation” despite offensive remarks by the regime’s military chief that questioned American foreign policy and Washington’s commitment to Tel Aviv.

PA official warns of Israel plot to raze al-Aqsa mosque

Sun Mar 30, 2014 22:56:50

Palestinian Authority Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud al-Habbash has joined a growing number of local and international voices in warning of Israeli plots to destroy the al-Aqsa Mosque in al-Quds.

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