INTERVIEWS
‘West after resource management in MENA’
A political analyst says the West resorts to wars in the Middle Eastern and North African countries to manage their resources.
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SYRIA
Syrian govt. to fix Damascus water source
Initial local media reports said hundreds of Takfiri militants would lay down arms and move out of the area in the coming hours.
IRAQ
'Iraqi forces control 80% of eastern Mosul'
Over the past few days, the Iraqi forces have made major gains on the ground in Mosul.
LEBANON
'Iran Hezbollah support could continue indefinitely'
President Aoun said Iran's support for Hezbollah "could continue indefinitely."
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Bangladesh bans sloppy doctors' prescriptions
A court has ordered doctors to either write legible prescriptions or type them out to prevent errors of receiving wrong medication.
SAUDI ARABIA
S Arabia under fire for crackdown on rights activists
Amnesty says Saudi human rights activists are “endangered species” vanishing “one by one” amid Riyadh’s relentless crackdown.
POLITICS
Leader hosts memorial service for revered cleric
Late Ayatollah Rafsanjani was laid to rest at Imam Khomeini’s mausoleum following a large funeral ceremony on Tuesday.
RUSSIA
Russia ‘has no compromising info on Trump’
Moscow says US allegations that it has “compromising” information on President-elect Donald Trump are “utter nonsense.”
INTERVIEWS
US intel services want 'friction' with Russia
The US intelligence community is seeking to cause more “friction” between Washington and Russia, says an analyst.
INTERVIEWS
‘Islamophobic intent in ECHR swimming rule’
An activist calls the European court's ruling "ludicrous," saying it implies that social cohesion is more important than a person’s right to follow their own religion.
KOREAS
Samsung heir deemed ‘suspect’ in S Korea scandal
South Korean prosecutors name the heir to South Korea’s Samsung Corporation as a criminal suspect in a corruption scandal engulfing the country.
PERSIAN GULF
Bahraini forces shoot schoolboy amid rallies
Manama forces fire rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters to disperse a group of teenage students holding an anti-regime protest.
MILITARY
US may hold fire on North Korean ICBM: Carter
The Pentagon chief says the US might not shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile to gather intelligence on the country's ICBM program.
INTERVIEWS
‘US troop deployment to Poland provocative’
An analyst says Washington's military buildup is in line with its attempts to gain military superiority in Eastern and Central Europe.
YEMEN
Saudi attacks leave three dead across Yemen
Yemeni forces launch counterattacks against the Saudi military and its mercenaries.
KOREAS
S Korea: North has enough plutonium for 10 nukes
Seoul claims Pyongyang has produced as much as 50 kilograms of the material required to make bombs.
MILITARY
UK admits selling 500 cluster bombs to Saudis
Britain exported hundreds of cluster munitions to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s, the Defense Ministry has acknowledged.
KOREAS
Ban Ki-moon's relatives charged in bribery case
The allegations against the former UN chief's brother and nephew could possibly damage his plans to run for South Korea's presidency.
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