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Tunisian Islamist Party Says Time To ‘bury’ Democracy

The Tunisian branch of the radical Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir movement, which calls for Islamic law and wants to unify...

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Yemen Fight For Red Sea Base Leaves 25 Dead

At least 25 soldiers and rebels have died in clashes around a key military base near Yemen's west coast, military and...

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What Would Hardliner Raisi Mean For Iran and the World?

Ebrahim Raisi, the leading candidate for Iran's hardliners in next month's presidential election, has left many...

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Iran’s Rouhani Registers To Run For Re-Election

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the driving force behind a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, registered on Friday...

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Iran Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi Registers For Election

Iranian hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday to run for next month's presidential election, state...

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Iran Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi Registers For Election

Iranian hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday to run for next month's presidential election, state...

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Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence

Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was "appalled" at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court...

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Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence

Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was "appalled" at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court...

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Hardline Challenger In Iran

Ebrahim Raisi is a hardline judge who spent years in powerful backroom positions before emerging as a leading...

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Hardline Challenger In Iran

Ebrahim Raisi is a hardline judge who spent years in powerful backroom positions before emerging as a leading...

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At Least 97 Migrants Missing As Boat Sinks Off Libya

At least 97 migrants were missing after their boat sank on Thursday off the Libyan coast, a navy spokesman said....

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Syria’s Assad, Hated By the West But Defended By Russia

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has denied ordering last week's suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town,...

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Bangladesh Hangs Three Islamist Extremists For UK Envoy Attack

Bangladesh hanged three Islamist extremists including the leader of a banned militant outfit on Wednesday, after they...

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Militants Flee After Foiled Philippine Resort Kidnap Raid

Islamic militants who landed on a Philippine tourist island triggering deadly clashes with security forces had planned...

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After Egypt Church Bombings, Copts Complain of Extremists

For years, Egyptian Copt Michel Fahmy could hear a Muslim preacher invoking God's wrath on Christians in sermons blared...

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Bangladesh PM Backs Islamists Over Statue Controversy

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been accused of "kowtowing" to hardline Islamists after expressing dislike...

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African Migrants Sold In Libya ‘slave Markets’

Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in “slave markets” in Libya, the International...

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Iraq’s Sadr Warns Assad Could Share Kadhafi’s Fate

Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he risked suffering the same fate as...

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On Missile-Hit Warship, Israel Readies For All Threats

White specks appear on the horizon and a voice crackles over the radio with a warning: "The speed boat is acting...