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Bahrain sentences three men to death for killing policeman
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Bahrain sentences three men to death for killing policeman

Three Shia Muslim men were sentenced to death by a Bahrain court on Thursday and seven others were given a…
UN concerned over arrest of Bahraini opposition leader
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UN concerned over arrest of Bahraini opposition leader

The United Nations expressed concerns on Tuesday over the arrest of a senior Bahraini opposition leader, for charges that include…
Former mufti: Islam does not recognize religious states
Egypt

Former mufti: Islam does not recognize religious states

“Islam does not recognize the so-called religious state.
Bahrain bans main opposition for three months
World

Bahrain bans main opposition for three months

A Bahrain court banned the Gulf state's main opposition movement for three months Tuesday just weeks before a parliamentary election,…
Residents: Air strikes kills around 25 Islamic State fighters in Iraq
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Residents: Air strikes kills around 25 Islamic State fighters in Iraq

Coalition air strikes killed around 25 Islamic State fighters on Wednesday near the northern Iraqi city of Baiji, residents told…
Gunmen wound Saudi policeman in Shia Muslim stronghold: agency
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Gunmen wound Saudi policeman in Shia Muslim stronghold: agency

Gunmen shot and wounded a Saudi policeman in the eastern part of the kingdom, state news agency SPA reported late…
Iran supplied weapons to Iraqi Kurdish forces; Baghdad bomb kills 12
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Iran supplied weapons to Iraqi Kurdish forces; Baghdad bomb kills 12

Iran has supplied weapons and ammunition to Iraqi Kurdish forces, Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani said Tuesday at a joint press…
Maliki says Abadi’s appointment as Iraqi PM ‘has no value’
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Maliki says Abadi’s appointment as Iraqi PM ‘has no value’

Nouri al-Maliki said on Wednesday the appointment of Haider al-Abadi to replace him as Iraq's prime minister violated the constitution…
Army chief: Islamists sought to turn Lebanon into Iraq
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Army chief: Islamists sought to turn Lebanon into Iraq

Islamic State insurgents who seized a Lebanese border town this month planned to turn Lebanon into another Iraq by unleashing…
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