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Bahrain opposition figure freed from jail
The secretary general of Bahrain’s Islamic Action Society is released from jail.

The secretary general of Bahrain’s Islamic Action Society is released from jail.

Germany says it is mulling the potential deployment of troops in Lithuania as means of reinforcing the US-led military alliance of NATO’s eastern front.

Iran’s president says Europe’s failure to deal with terrorists on time led to the spread of terror threats.

Furious protests erupt in the US State of California against the presence of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

A member of the Daesh terror group says ISIL will hit back at the West over its airstrikes.

Turkish warplanes attack PKK targets in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq.

Two dozen people are still unaccounted for after the collapse a massive garbage pile at the city dumb in the Guatemalan city dump.

Nearly two dozen Shia Muslim pilgrims are killed in a car bomb attack in the south of the Iraqi capital.

The US says talks to install a new missile system in South Korea would continue despite calls by China and Russia for the US to pull back.

Iraqi security forces retake two regions in the western province of Anbar from Takfiri Daesh terrorists.

Two more European refiners have booked oil cargoes from Iran since sanctions were lifted Tehran which is ramping up production to regain market share.

Thousands of Argentinians protest the government-imposed cuts to spending and public sector jobs.

A report commissioned by the Finnish government strongly advises against the country’s membership in NATO.

A majority of women in the US have personally experienced discrimination based on their gender, according to a new poll.

The Russian foreign minister says NATO is moving closer to Russia’s borders, not the other way round.

At least 15 people are killed in a US-led drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar.

A top US commander has pleaded guilty to corruption charges amid a widening scandal in the Navy.

The Chinese government did the right thing by passing a new law that limits US-backed NGOs.