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IAEA chief not hopeful on Iran inspection progress
Iran denies seeking or ever having sought nuclear weapons, and rejected the…
Saudi king names women to advisory council in historic first
30 women appointed to the previously all-male consultative Shura Council marking a…
Iran, world powers set nuclear talks date
The so-called "P5+1" nations had not all met since a June meeting…
Kuwaiti journalist presides over Arab Journalists Union
Union’s new general secretariat includes two out of five Egyptian journalists who…
Brahimi says Assad plan for Syria ‘one-sided’
Al-Assad's new plan for his embattled country is "more sectarian, more one-sided"…
At least 10 Kenyans killed in reprisal raid: Red Cross
In a retaliatory dawn raid in the Tana River delta region of…
HRW: Bahrain court verdicts ‘mind-boggling’
Bahrain's Court of Cassation on Monday upheld jail terms served by a…
Shi’as hold counter-demos in southern Iraq
Among those rallies have been an ongoing sit-in in western Anbar province…
Bahrain appeals court upholds jail for 13 opposition leaders
The 13 activists took part in 2011 anti-government protests and were convicted…