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1000s of Tunisia lawyers protest new taxes
Nearly 3,500 of the country’s 8,500 attorneys took part in the protest in Tunis on Tuesday.

Nearly 3,500 of the country’s 8,500 attorneys took part in the protest in Tunis on Tuesday.

Annan said allegations of human rights abuses by Myanmar's forces have "deeply" concerned him.

The Iranian interior minister says Iran 25 terrorist groups were disbanded during last month’s Arba’een rituals.

The 38-year-old worked for the state-run Iraqi Media Network.

John Kerry has denied Moscow's charges that Washington has stalled planned talks on terrorists’ withdrawal from the Syrian city of Aleppo in order to get more time for them.

Syria’s official SANA news agency reports that the warehouse was set up inside the Sana’a Mhaidali school in the Aleppo district of Masaken Hanano.

The Iranian president says Iran and Indonesia must boost their consultations and cooperation on the fight against terrorism.

"We are staying in the dialogue system but we are not going to take part in today's meeting," coalition leader Jesus Torrealba says.

The UK will have to reach a Brexit deal by October 2018, according to the EU's chief negotiator for Brexit.

The Athens appeals court says the three should be sent back for 'attempting to topple the regime' of President Erdogan.

A political expert says the Myanmar government continues to persecute and kill Muslim community in Rakhine state because of international inaction.

The government spokesman says Athens is still committed to continuing its talks with creditors.

The Iranian Parliament speaker says the US seeks to keep the JCPOA in a state of limbo.

Iranian junior sports shooter Amir Hossein Zolfagharian grabs a gold medal at the 9th edition of Asian Airgun Championships in Tehran.

Major General Walid al-Khalifah, the deputy of the Iraqi army’s 9th Division, said the national flag was hoisted over al-Salam Hospital in Mosul.

Trump will make America a “banana republic” by allowing his children to assume the role of ambassadors, a report says.

The men are suspected of having a role in the "illegal detention and killing" of Muslims in Prijedor region.

An activist says governor of Kaduna is one of the main culprit behind persecution and massacre of supporters of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.