Middle East
Saudi Arabia jails 13 for aiding overseas fighters
A Saudi Arabian court has jailed 13 men, handing down sentences from one to 10 years for aiding and financing conflicts abroad, ...Suicide bomber kills seven police in Iraq
At least seven policemen were killed and ten others were injured on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq\'s Kirkuk Governorate ...Syria rebels, government confirm poison gas attack
Syrian government media and rebel forces said Saturday that poison gas had been used in a central village, injuring scores of people, ...Iraq deputy PM escapes assassination attempt
Gunmen attacked Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlak\'s convoy in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad on Friday, killing a guard ...Iran insists on choice for UN envoy despite US denial of visa
Iran says it is not considering a replacement nominee for its prospective new envoy to the United Nations, despite his being denied ...Arab League renews $100M support for Palestinians
Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo have renewed their commitment to give $100 million in monthly aid to the government of Palestinian ...29 rebels dead in Syria premature car bomb blast
At least 29 people were killed, most or all of them believed to be rebels, in the besieged Old City of Homs ...Al-Zawahiri calls on Syria rebels to end infighting
Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called for Islamist fighters in Syria to end the infighting that killed a one-time companion of ...Israel cancels prisoner release following Palestinian UN bid
Israel canceled the already postponed release of 26 Palestinian prisoners in the latest blow to faltering peace talks, saying the ...The Struggle for Humanity
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