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'Manama lost card by choosing wrong target'
A political commentator says the Bahraini regime has lost the card by "wrongly" targeting the prominent cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim in its heavy-handed crackdown on the voice of dissent.

A political commentator says the Bahraini regime has lost the card by "wrongly" targeting the prominent cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim in its heavy-handed crackdown on the voice of dissent.

Police said the package was intercepted in the ministry's mail room.

Yemenis kill a Saudi soldier in a retaliatory attack on military positions in the south of the kingdom.

The interior ministry says unknown gunmen shot dead a policeman in Qatif.

Human Rights Watch says more than 155 people were killed in December's fighting in western Uganda.

A UNICEF official says the crisis in Syria has taken a terrible toll on the country's children.

Germany's defense minister warns about Turkey leaving NATO.

Fighting between rival groups has brought life in Tripoli to a standstill.

Britain’s Scotland Minister David Mundell says a second referendum on Scotland’s independence would be illegal.

An Israeli journalist said Sara Netanyahu had expelled her husband from an official motorcade during a row.

Britain is seeking "channels" to facilitate financial transaction with Iran, the UK trade minister says.

The Iran women's national handball team has lost 22-44 to South Korea at 2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship in South Korea.

Forty-two percent of Americans say they personally worry a "great deal" about race relations in the United States, a new Gallup poll shows.

A new study shows the number of Scottish people supporting independence from the rest of the United Kingdom has risen in comparison to previous statistics.

Iran national under-20 football team has been drawn in Group C of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Trade turnover between Iran and Russia rose 80% to more than $2 billion in 2016, according to state officials.

An explosion rocks a court building in the Syrian capital Damascus, leaving scores of people dead and injured.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson heads to Japan, South Korea and China amid escalated tensions on the Korean Peninsula.