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1000s attend Bahraini dissident’s funeral
Thousands attend the funeral of Bahraini dissident Hassan Hayki, who reportedly died under torture in regime custody.

Thousands attend the funeral of Bahraini dissident Hassan Hayki, who reportedly died under torture in regime custody.

Australia mistreats refugees held on Nauru island to deter others from sailing to the country, Amnesty and HRW say.

South Korean MPs join residents of a rural town to protest the deployment of an advanced US missile system.

Would-be immigrants to the UK can be put into solitary confinement, according to new Home Office guidance.

The Israeli army is trying to sell the animals it has unlawfully seized from Palestinian farmers in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley back to them.

Turkish President Erdogan says he is growing impatient with the US over its refusal to extradite Fethullah Gulen.

North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, angering both Seoul and Tokyo.

Foreign-backed Takfiri militants launch a toxic gas attack against the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing five civilians, Syria’s SANA news agency says.

A senior Indian official is in Saudi Arabia to support starving workers in the kingdom.

Iran says the UN betrayed the Yemeni children by deciding to temporarily remove Saudi Arabia from a blacklist of countries that kill children.

The US says it will defend itself and its allies after the North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday.

President Obama says the new bombing campaign in Libya is critical to US national security interests.

Over 30 unaccredited universities are closed in the UK following a crackdown on fake degrees.

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by eight percentage points, a new poll shows.

Russia says that whenever progress is made in the battle against Takfiri terrorists in Syria, the US demands restraint.

Donald Trump boots a crying infant from a campaign rally in Virginia after the baby interrupts his speech.

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he will not endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warns that voters may be facing a third trip to the polls in less than one year.