PERSIAN GULF
‘Stop sweeping rights records under carpet’
Amnesty International says the ruthless tactics used by Persian Gulf Arab states to trample all over the rights of civilians must end immediately.
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POLITICS
Calif. to nullify Trump’s deportation bid
California lawmakers introduce legislation aimed at helping protect undocumented immigrants.
IRAQ
Iraqi troops enter southeast Mosul: Video
Iraqi forces recapture another neighborhood in southeast Mosul from the occupying Daesh terrorists.
SOCIETY
Muslim woman pushed down stairs in NY
Two US Muslim women working for authorities in New York have suffered injuries in hate attacks.
TURKEY
Erdogan receives 1st Israeli envoy in 6 years
Israel’s first ambassador to Turkey since a severing of ties six years ago has taken office in Ankara.
FOREIGN POLICY
Kerry takes message of hope to Europe
As Donald Trump is preparing to take control of the White House, US Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to address the “uncertainty” shadowing ties with Europe.
SYRIA
Russia, China veto UNSC Aleppo resolution
Russia says it blocked UNSC resolution for Aleppo truce because it would have only given militants time to regroup.
POLITICS
Trump picks Carson for US housing department
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Ben Carson to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
ECONOMY
‘Iran can host intercontinental data network’
Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi says the country is ready to transit optical cables from Russia to China and India.
EU
Italy saves 1,300 refugees in Mediterranean
The Italian coastguard says over 1,300 refugees had been rescued from the Mediterranean in the past three days.
PERSIAN GULF
Protesters, regime forces clash in Bahrain
Dozens of Bahraini protesters clash with regime forces over court rulings passed on a group of political dissidents.
MORE
Rohingyas recount ordeal in Myanmar
Rohingya Muslims now in Bangladesh recall torture at the hands of Myanmarese forces.
POLITICS
Dialog only path to regional, global peace: Iran
The Iranian Parliament speaker says regional and global peace and stability will be restored only through dialog.
INTERVIEWS
‘US nuclear arsenal a threat to world peace’
The US military’s nuclear arsenal represents a major threat to international peace, an American writer and retired professor says.
ECONOMY
Iran to divert water from plants, farms to houses
Iran’s Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian says a plan in on agenda to reduce the water supplies that are consumed in farms and industrial plants and instead divert them to the urban sector.
PAKISTAN
Pakistani forces kill five militants
The militants were killed after troops stormed a compound in southwestern Pakistan.
POLITICS
Iran vows 'tough response to JCPOA breach'
The Iranian nuclear chief says Tehran will show a resolute and tough reaction to any violation of the JCPOA.
SOCIETY
Oakland fire death toll reaches 36
The death toll from a deadly warehouse fire in the US city of Oakland, California, has risen to 36.
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