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Fugitive Mexico drug lord avoids capture
Mexican authorities say fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman escaped a recent attempt to recapture him but wounded himself in the process.

Mexican authorities say fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman escaped a recent attempt to recapture him but wounded himself in the process.

A UN agency says the number of those displaced by the violence in Iraq since the start of 2014 has surpassed 3.2 million.

An Israeli settler shoots and kills a Palestinian youth in the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron).

Iran’s UN ambassador warns about the threat posed by violent extremism to women in the Middle East.

Hillary Clinton says US whistleblower Edward Snowden should return to the US and face the music for his actions.

The Greek parliament has approved a new bill containing austerity measures required by the country’s international creditors in return for financial aid.

Bahraini people stage a rally to protest the regime’s crackdown on Shia mourners.

A jury has acquitted two deputies of killing a Nigerian college student in a Savannah, Georgia jail cell last New Year's Day.

A top Iranian diplomat says Tehran’s missile tests are not considered a breach of the nuclear agreement.

Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev has criticized Washington’s refusal to meet a Russian delegation for talks on the Syrian crisis, calling it a “foolish behavior”.

President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart have expressed their readiness to "engage" North Korea.

At least two people are killed in an attack by gunmen in Iran’s western province of Khuzestan.

Yemen's Ansarullah Houthi forces have pushed Saudi troops and remnants of the former regime out of the southern province of Bayda.

The Munich Security Conference is set to convene a core group meeting in the Iranian capital Tehran.

Secretary of State John Kerry has asked Israeli and Palestinian leaders to work to restore calm, a US official said Friday.

US President Barack Obama Warned on Friday that Russia could not bomb its way to a peaceful solution in Syria.

US Vice President Joseph Biden is part of the “corrupt politics” that dominates Washington, a journalist in Atlanta says.

The United Arab Emirates frees nine Iranian teachers who were detained on alleged issue of work permit.