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Mauritania Referendum Campaign Starts Under Opposition Boycott
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz launched campaigning Friday for a constitutional referendum boycotted by...
Thai Court To Deliver Yingluck Verdict Next Month
A Thai court will deliver its ruling in the criminal negligence case of toppled premier Yingluck Shinawatra on August...
Protests After Israel Restricts Jerusalem Old City Prayers
Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering Jerusalem's Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Launches Syria Border Operation
Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah group said on Friday that its fighters had begun an operation against militants on both...
Israel Bars Men Under 50 From Jerusalem Old City Prayers
Israeli police said they were barring men under 50 from entering Jerusalem's Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as...
Roses, Tears As Thai Ex-PM Yingluck Enters Final Stage of Case
Toppled Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra was mobbed Friday by well-wishers, many bearing red roses, as she arrived for...
Remove Jerusalem Metal Detectors, Erdogan Tells Israeli Counterpart
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin to swiftly remove metal...
Israel, Palestinians Brace For More Unrest At Holy Site
Israel's army boosted security Thursday and braced for possibile unrest on the eve of the main weekly Muslim prayers...
Turkey Slams ‘dangerous’ Cyprus Plans After Talks Failure
Turkey on Thursday accused Cyprus of taking "dangerous" steps in its search for energy resources in the Mediterranean,...
Israel Boosts Security Over Tensions At Religious Site
Israel's army has been boosting its forces ahead of possible unrest over new security measures at a sensitive holy site...
India Gets New President From Bottom of Hindu Caste System
Ram Nath Kovind was elected India's new president Thursday, the second time since independence a head of state has been...
Thai ‘Red Shirt’ Leader Jailed For Defamation Ahead of Polls
A leader of Thailand's 'Red Shirt' movement was jailed Thursday for defaming an ex-prime minister, sidelining a key...
Trump Insists His ‘secret’ Meeting Putin Was Just ‘pleasantries’
President Donald Trump downplayed his second, undisclosed meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday,...
White House, Kremlin Play Down Undisclosed Trump-Putin Talks
The White House and Kremlin on Wednesday played down the significance of an additional, previously undisclosed meeting...
Radiohead Defies Boycott Calls For Israel Concert
Radiohead defied calls to boycott Israel over its occupation of Palestinian territory and played for tens of thousands...
Israel Weighs Removal of Metal Detectors At Heart of Religious Row
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is debating whether to remove new metal detectors at the centre of a dispute with...
Chris Evans Tops Best-Paid BBC Stars List With About GBP2.25m
Radio 2 host, Chris Evans, has topped the list of the BBC’s best-paid stars. He topped the table, in a salary bracket...
Rising Anti-Refugee Sentiment Stirs Concern In Lebanon
An attack on Lebanese troops raiding a Syrian refugee camp has stirred violent debate and polarised opinions, with...
Netanyahu Slams EU’s ‘crazy’ Israel Policy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced the EU's political demands on Israel as "absolutely crazy", in...