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Germany jails five men for joining Shabab
A German court sentences five men to prison for joining Shabab militants in Somalia.

A German court sentences five men to prison for joining Shabab militants in Somalia.

Iran strongly censures Israel’s recent decision to build 800 new settler homes in the occupied Palestinian lands.

A report has revealed how ordinary sexual abuse has become among American doctors.

The Syrian army and Hezbollah resistance fighters kill two al-Nusra Front commanders in Syria’s Qalamoun region.

Iraq's Health Ministry says the death toll from a recent deadly bombing attack in the capital Baghdad hits 292.

Russia says the findings of an inquiry on UK role in the 2003 Iraq invasion confirms Moscow’s stance that such a military action was “unnecessary” and “illegal.”

A major blaze has hit a key petrochemical plant in Iran’s southern province of Khouzestan.

US naval officials say American warships have sailed close to Chinese-controlled islands in the disputed South China Sea in recent weeks.

A French tycoon linked to Israel's premier is jailed over a massive fraud case.

Iran’s police spokesman says the terrorists who killed Iranian borders guards in the country’s southeast have fled into Pakistan.

Italian emergency workers recover at least 217 bodies of refugees from a sunken ship.

Turkish fighter jets bomb PKK bases in the southeastern province of Sirnak.

Syria says some Western countries and their regional allies are to blame for terror attacks in the conflict-ridden country.

German Chancellor Merkel says the West should continue to engage in dialog with Russia despite tensions in relations over the Ukrainian crisis.

A top Russian official has criticized Turkey and EU for ignoring Moscow's warning about terrorist suspects, and subsequent airport attack in Istanbul.

The Syrian army has cut the only way into militant-held parts of Aleppo, severing the militants' only lifeline from the city to the outside world.

Tony Blair is the World's worst terrorist, says the sister of a UK soldier killed in Iraq war.

Rights groups have expressed alarm over the lack of reconstruction and war crimes prosecutions in the Gaza Strip, two years after Israel's devastating invasion of the territory.