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Egypt arrests key Brotherhood leaders

Thu Aug 15, 2013 08:36:44

Egyptian security officials and state television say several wanted Muslim Brotherhood leaders have been arrested after troops stormed a protest camp of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

‘Hezbollah foils Israel infiltration attempt’

Thu Aug 15, 2013 08:18:23

Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah says the resistance group fighters were behind last week’s attack against Israeli forces who violated Lebanese sovereignty.

Egypt protests death toll reaches over 343

Thu Aug 15, 2013 07:27:17

Egyptians emerged Thursday from an all-night curfew imposed after the worst violence since their 2011 uprising, with 343 people killed as security forces broke up protests supporting ousted president Mohamed Morsi.

Egypt VP ElBaradei announces resignation

Wed Aug 14, 2013 22:26:48

Egyptian vice president, Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, has announced his resignation in a letter to the interim president.

Tamarod movement cripples Bahrain: video

Wed Aug 14, 2013 20:55:18

Economic activities in Bahrain have come to a standstill, as the peaceful movement of the Bahraini people in response to a call by the Tamarod movement has started, al-Alam reports.

Clashes rage in Egypt's second city of Alexandria

Wed Aug 14, 2013 19:01:43

Clashes raged on Wednesday in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria as violence sparked by a bloody crackdown on Cairo protest camps in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi spread across Egypt.

Iran condemns use of force in Egypt

Wed Aug 14, 2013 17:59:48

The Iranian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Wednesday condemned the use of force and massacre of people in Egypt, and called on all involved parties to practice self-restraint and adopt peaceful approaches, Fars news agency reports.

No clues on abducted Iranian diplomat: Yemen

Wed Aug 14, 2013 16:47:11

Yemen’s Foreign Ministry has announced that it has no clues as to the whereabouts of the Iranian diplomat recently kidnapped in the Arab country.

No Iran-Russia deal on replacing S-300

Wed Aug 14, 2013 13:12:17

The head of Russia’s state arms export company Rosoboronexport says there is no deal between Tehran and Moscow over a replacement for the S-300 missile defense systems, which Russia is mandated to deliver to Iran under a contract.

CIA admits spying on Chomsky

Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:25:39

After years of denials, the US spying agency CIA has revealed that in the 1970s it kept a file on prominent Jewish-American linguist and anti-war academic Noam Chomsky, but the files may have illegally been destroyed, the Foreign Policy reports.

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