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Turkey removes 100s of law enforcement authorities

Wed Jan 22, 2014 17:45:28

Turkey has reassigned nearly 100 prosecutors and judges as well as 470 police officers in its latest purge effort as the parliament began a debate on controversial government legislation to rein in the judiciary.

Iraqi PM urges tough line on al-Qaeda insurgents

Wed Jan 22, 2014 17:15:47

Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called for residents of the conflict-hit province of Anbar to "take a stand" against the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents, as the United Nations warned of deteriorating displacement problem in the nation’s largest province.

'Some Geneva-2 attendees engaged in Syria terror'

Wed Jan 22, 2014 16:17:43

The Syrian foreign minister has expressed qualms during the opening session of the Geneva II conference on the Syrian crisis that some states taking part in the peace confab are actually involved in promoting terror in his country.

Torture photos are 'politicized' and 'fake': Syria

Wed Jan 22, 2014 13:51:07

Syria's Justice Ministry has dismissed a report alleging mass torture and killing by the government as "politicized" depicting the shocking photos in the document "fake".

Ban Ki-moon opens Geneva II conference

Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:24:03

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opens a long-awaited international peace conference for Syria in the most serious effort yet to end the bloodshed in the Arab country.

Iran's Rouhani says Syria talks unlikely to succeed

Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:12:35

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says he doubts the Geneva II conference aimed at ending the Syrian crisis will be successful.

In picture: Iranian artists writing world’s biggest Qur’an

Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:01:09

A group of Iranian artists have started writing and paining the world’s biggest copy of the holy Qur’an.

HRW raps Saudi Arabia for violation of crackdown on opponents

Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:28:14

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on opponents in the kingdom, calling on Saudi authorities to release activists.

Bibi Netanyahu threatens to ‘teach Hamas a lesson’

Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:26:02

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to teach Gaza's ruling Hamas resistance movement a lesson "very soon" following a surge in rocket attacks against the occupying regime.

Iraqi government mulls formation of 3 new provinces

Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:01:13

Iraq's government says it has decided in principle to create three new provinces from contested parts of the country in an apparent attempt to address some grievances and counter the expansion of the Kurdish self-rule region.

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