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Gunmen kill leading figure of Yemeni Shi’ite group
World
January 21, 2014
Gunmen kill leading figure of Yemeni Shi’ite group
Unknown assailants shot dead a leader of the Yemeni Shi'ite Muslim Houthi group in Sanaa on Tuesday while driving to…
Al-Nusra Front in Lebanon claims Beirut bombing
World
January 21, 2014
Al-Nusra Front in Lebanon claims Beirut bombing
The Al-Nusra Front in Lebanon, believed to be a franchise of the Syrian Al-Qaeda-linked group, on Tuesday claimed a bomb…
Iran invite to Syria talks withdrawn after boycott threat
Egypt
January 21, 2014
Iran invite to Syria talks withdrawn after boycott threat
UN chief Ban Ki-moon withdrew a last-minute invitation to Iran to attend peace talks on Syria on Monday after the…
Minister: Tourism revenues drop 41% in 2013
Business
January 21, 2014
Minister: Tourism revenues drop 41% in 2013
Egypt's revenues from the tourism reached US$5.9 billion in 2013, compared to $10 billion in 2012, which means that the…
Bomb blasts kill 26 people in Baghdad: Iraqi police
World
January 20, 2014
Bomb blasts kill 26 people in Baghdad: Iraqi police
Seven bomb explosions killed 26 people and wounded 67 in the Iraqi capital on Monday, police and medics said, as…
Islamist group claims Volgograd attacks, threatens Olympics
World
January 20, 2014
Islamist group claims Volgograd attacks, threatens Olympics
An Islamic militant group said in a video posted online that it was behind two suicide bombings that killed at…
Syria says Interfax Assad comments on not giving up power inaccurate
World
January 19, 2014
Syria says Interfax Assad comments on not giving up power inaccurate
Syrian state media dismissed as "not accurate" a report by news agency Interfax that President Bashar al-Assad told visiting Russian…
Thousands protest in Ukraine, defying court ban
World
January 19, 2014
Thousands protest in Ukraine, defying court ban
Up to 100,000 Ukrainians massed in the capital Kiev on Sunday in defiance of sweeping new laws aimed at stamping…
Gunmen kill six pro-government Sunni militiamen in Iraq
World
January 19, 2014
Gunmen kill six pro-government Sunni militiamen in Iraq
Gunmen wearing army uniforms killed at least six government-backed Sunni Muslim militiamen at a checkpoint near the Iraqi city of…
Israel targets Gaza militant after Palestinian rocket attacks
World
January 19, 2014
Israel targets Gaza militant after Palestinian rocket attacks
Israel said it carried out an air strike on Sunday against a Gaza militant who it blamed for cross-border rocket…