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Lebanon bent on choking terrorism funding
Lebanon is taking steps to tighten the noose on terrorism funding and money laundering.

Lebanon is taking steps to tighten the noose on terrorism funding and money laundering.

Iran’s Parliament speaker says crises in the Middle East only serve the interests of Israel and its allies.

About 20 people are killed in a market bomb blast in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern Borno State.

According to the latest figures, inflation rate for the 19-member eurozone has risen to 0.3% in May.

An Egyptian official says the country’s armed forces killed 141 militants in the restive North Sinai in May.

Rights groups condemn an unprecedented surge in the number of executions in Saudi Arabia.

Most people in the US now have an unfavorable view of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and believe she is not honest and trustworthy.

Four people have been seriously injured in a roller coaster collision at an amusement park north of London.

A US House panel has prohibited funding for an embassy or other diplomatic facility in Cuba.

The death toll from recent cross-border clashes between a Somali clan and an Ethiopian paramilitary police unit reaches 70.

UK health service chiefs warn that more spending cuts to the NHS social care funding would load extra pressure on the health service.

Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian fishing boats, injuring at least three fishermen off the coast of Gaza.

Russia says the US’s refusal to coordinate its airstrikes against purported ISIL positions in Syria with Damascus is a “mistake.”

Iran and France discuss investment in Iran's gas projects during the World Gas Conference in Paris.

At least four people are killed after a helicopter crashed in a mountainous region in northeast Nepal.

An Iranian official says the West is making a miscalculation by creating crises in the Mideast in an attempt to provide security for Israel.

Omar al-Bashir is sworn in as Sudan’s president for another five-year term.

An Egyptian court says it will announce it final ruling on the preliminary death sentence handed down to Mohamed Morsi in mid-June.