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US President Donald Trump’s designated secretary of state Rex Tillerson has narrowly clinched the backing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The committee voted 11-10 along…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a new directive on the deadly avian virus, inviting countries around the world to monitor its outbreak and potential…
A regional court in Kyrgyzstan has upheld a life sentence for a journalist, who is also a human rights advocate, despite international criticism over the ruling.…
An Israeli court has convicted nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu of what it described as a violation of the terms of his release from prison under parole,…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that the Manama regime authorities may execute two more Bahrainis after “unfair” trials and based on confessions extracted under torture.…
At least ten people have lost their lives and some 30 others gone missing after a boat carrying Indonesian illegal refugee workers capsized in rough waters…
The Iranian city of Mashhad has been selected as the cultural capital of the Islamic world in 2017. The city is home to the shrine of…
Severe weather has killed at least 18 people in the south-eastern US and injured dozens more, according to emergency officials. Speaking on Sunday at the White…
Iran welcomes Russian participation in the $2.5 billion construction of a pipeline to transfer Iranian gas to Europe, a deputy oil minister says. IGAT-9 is a…
At least eight civilians, including two women, have lost their lives as Saudi fighter jets bombed the Yemeni provinces of Sa’ada and Hudaydah. According to Yemen’s…
Iran has praised as a diplomatic “success” the peace talks underway between Damascus and opposition groups in the Kazakh capital, Astana, expressing hope that the process…
Representatives of the Syrian government and opposition groups have gathered in the Kazakh capital Astana to hold peace talks aimed at ending the six-year conflict in…