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Iranian team in Beirut to investigate embassy attacks

Wed Jan 15, 2014 18:23:27

An Iranian legal and judicial delegation has arrived in Lebanon to investigate the circumstances behind the bomb attacks outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, last November.

Half of Syrians need urgent humanitarian help: UN

Wed Jan 15, 2014 17:00:21

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says about half of Syria's population needs urgent humanitarian help as the situation worsens due to the foreign-backed militancy in the Arab country.

New wave of terrorist attacks kill 52 in Iraq

Wed Jan 15, 2014 13:48:00

Bomb attacks have hit the Iraqi capital Baghdad and a village near the northern town of Baquba, killing at least 52 people, Iraqi sources say.

Assad, Zarif hold security talks in Damascus

Wed Jan 15, 2014 13:41:23

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met Iranian Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif in the capital city of Damascus to talk about mutual ties and the ongoing crisis in the Arab country.

Over 1000 militants killed in Syria infighting

Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:47:10

Fierce clashes among Takfiri groups in Syria have left more than 1,000 foreign-backed militants dead over the past days, a report says.

Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians up 4-fold: UN

Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:28:21

The annual rate of Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians has almost quadrupled in eight years, UN figures show.

Israelis torch Palestinian mosque in West Bank

Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:13:59

Palestinians in the West Bank say a mosque has been vandalized in an apparent attack by a fringe group of extremist Israeli settlers.

In picture: A look into Golestan Palace in Tehran

Wed Jan 15, 2014 11:26:10

The Golestan Palace is the former royal Qajar complex in Iranian capital city of Tehran. The oldest of the historic monuments in Tehran, a world heritage, the Golestan Palace belongs to a group of royal buildings that were once enclosed within the mud-thatched walls of Tehran’s Historic Arg (citadel).

Syria militants taking amphetamine to stay on feet

Wed Jan 15, 2014 09:59:15

Foreign-backed militants in Syria are taking amphetamine stimulants to stay on their feet in exhausting battles against government forces, reports say.

Saudi citizens ‘lost trust’ in anti-corruption commission

Wed Jan 15, 2014 09:49:52

A Saudi female Shoura Council member has criticized the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) for its failure to contain growing corrupt practices in the ultra-conservative Kingdom, saying it has lost the confidence of citizens.

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