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Israeli ex-PM Olmert gets jail term
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert is sentenced to 8 months in jail for fraud.

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert is sentenced to 8 months in jail for fraud.

Israel tortures Palestinians, who have to make false confessions to anti-Israel attacks, a Palestinian official says.

A senior Iranian official reaffirms the country’s full support for Iraq in its fight against terrorism.

A political expert warns economic crisis and corruption have put Spain on the path to becoming a new Greece.

Iran and Indonesia have reached a final agreement on building 48 power plants in the Southeast Asian country, Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian has said.

Boko Haram militants attack Nigeria’s Borno state, killing several people.

Four people have been shot and critically injured in the US state of Missouri.

Australia appoints a counter-terrorism chief amid concerns that a growing number of its citizens are joining the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group.

The Saudi aggression against Yemen claims the lives of 135 children over the past two months, the UN says.

The Pentagon’s decision to send nuclear bombers to Sweden will increase the risk of a nuclear war with Russia, says an analyst.

China organizes prison tours for government officials to encourage public servants to avoid unlawful activities.

Opposition candidate Andrzej Duda wins Poland’s presidential election, exit polls show.

Malaysia's premier expresses concern over the discovery of mass graves in the north.

An analyst says the US is literally giving the green light to Israel to use atomic bombs against Arab states by rejecting a nuke-free Mideast initiative.

John Bolton says his country should make a new Sunni country from the current fighting in Iraq and Syria.

Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says he may meet his Saudi counterpart at the next OPEC meeting in Vienna.

The Greek interior minister says Athens will not be able to pay the next installments of a huge debt to the IMF.

Israel decides to seize 202 acres of privately-owned Palestinian lands in the West Bank as dumping ground for illegal settlements.