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‘West must stop duplicity over Bahrain’
Bahraini jailed activist Nabeel Rajab slams West for its silence and hypocrisy over the status quo in Bahrain.

Bahraini jailed activist Nabeel Rajab slams West for its silence and hypocrisy over the status quo in Bahrain.

Hundreds of demonstrators take to the streets of Brazil calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.

A Vatican archbishop is under investigation on allegations of criminal conspiracy and fraud in relation to the sale of a historic castle.

Pro-Palestinian efforts in Europe may not immediately lead to recognition of the State of Palestine but they ultimately matter.

The United States has launched “daily” investigations into suspected sympathizers of the ISIL terrorist group, a senior official says.

Innocent Yemeni people are paying the highest price for the deadly Saudi aggression against Yemen, the WHO says.

The US military chief has warned China to stop building islands in the South China Sea, vowing it will not stop patrolling international waters in the Asia-Pacific region.

According to a new research, liver cancer can be detected in earlier stages by employing engineered E. coli bacteria.

United Arab Emirates authorities deny an Amnesty International expert entry to the country.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US-led international coalition has failed to rein ISIL in Iraq.

Leaders of the US Senate Armed Services Committee have called on the Pentagon chief to make arrangements for the proper training of assassination drone pilots.

Sounding supportive of an international probe into FIFA corruption, Russia accuses the US of applying its laws "beyond its borders."

The construction of a $615-million, 1150-room palace for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is declared “illegal."

The ISIL Takfiri group executes 20 people in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.

Foreign ministers of Syria and Armenia denounce Turkey’s support for the militants fighting against the Syrian government.

The US military says it accidentally sent live anthrax spores to as many as nine laboratories.

The United States says it is not considering an extension for a June 30 deadline for reaching a final agreement between the P5+1 group of countries and Iran.

The heatwave sweeping across India claims the lives of more than 1,100 people in less than two weeks.