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Bahrain breaks up anti-Saudi protests
Police in Shiite-majority Bahrain used tear gas Saturday to disperse protesters demonstrating over Saudi Arabia\'s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric, witnesses ...Saudi Arabia says 47 executed on terror charges, including Shia cleric
Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday it had executed 47 prisoners convicted of terrorism charges, including al-Qaida detainees and a prominent Shiite cleric ...Gunmen attack Indian air base near Pakistan border, six dead
Indian troops killed four suspected militants who entered an air force base near the border with Pakistan and exchanged fire with security ...Afghan forces free 59 prisoners from Taliban jail in south
Afghan special forces freed 59 prisoners from a Taliban jail in Helmand, officials said on Saturday, as government troops redouble their efforts ...Snowstorm hits Lebanon, cutting off roads and villages
A snowstorm has engulfed Lebanon on the first day of the new year, cutting off mountain roads, isolating villages and worsening living ...EU-Ukraine trade deal comes into force, angers Moscow
Ukraine\'s free-trade deal with the EU comes into effect Friday, coinciding with the start of Moscow\'s food embargo against Kiev that will ...Gulf stocks dive over low oil prices, geopolitics
Stock markets in the Gulf states ended 2015 in negative territory on Thursday, following a massive decline in oil prices and regional ...Germany to increase scrutiny of Syrian asylum applicants
Germany will start holding personal hearings for asylum seekers from Syria as of Friday, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman told Reuters on Thursday, ...World welcomes New Year despite terror fears
New Year\'s Eve kicked off in Sydney, but tightened security muted revelries in Europe with Brussels scrapping celebrations and fireworks cancelled in ...Angela Merkel says the record influx of refugees to Germany is “an opportunity for tomorrow”
Chancellor Angela Merkel stood firm on her decision to open Germany to refugees despite mounting criticism, telling citizens in her New Year\'s ...