LEBANON
Ex-Lebanon minister sentenced at retrial
A former Lebanese information minister is sentenced to 13 years in prison with hard labor at a retrial for preparing “terror” attacks inside the country.
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PAKISTAN
3 Shia Muslims shot dead in SE Pakistan
Unidentified armed men gun down three Shia Muslims in Pakistan’s troubled port city of Karachi.
PALESTINE
‘UN anti-Israel motion under discussion’
The Palestinian UN envoy says talks are underway with Arab states on a draft UN resolution against illegal Israeli settlements.
ECONOMY
Iran studying strategic Caspian canal
Iran says it is studying a plan to dig a canal to connect the Caspian Sea with the Persian Gulf.
PALESTINE
‘124 Palestinians made homeless in 1 day’
The UN says multiple Israeli demolitions in the occupied West Bank left 124 Palestinians homeless in a single day.
MILITARY
US mulls 250 special forces in Syria
The US is considering sending 250 additional special forces to Syria, a Pentagon official says.
SOCIETY
SpaceX makes historic landing on water
The SpaceX’s has successfully landed its Falcon 9 rocket on the platform of a drone ship for the first time.
SOCIETY
Homeless man shot dead by US police
A video shows the fatal police shooting of a homeless man in San Francisco's Mission District on Thursday.
KOREAS
North Korea tests ballistic missile engine
North Korea says it has successfully tested an engine designed for an intercontinental ballistic missile.
HUMAN RIGHTS
‘UK firm helps Israel kill Palestinians’
Pro-Palestinian activists have held a protest against a UK firm, accusing it of benefiting from Israel’s crackdown against Palestinians.
TURKEY
Turkey official caught selling secrets to US
The head of Turkey's arms factory is arrested on charges of trying to sell weapon designs to US.
POLITICS
‘Trump, Clinton lead respective rivals’
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton still lead their rivals in their respective parties, a new poll shows.
POLITICS
Iran, Russia role models in terror fight
Iran’s Zarif says certain countries that “talk a lot” about fighting terrorism should be engaged seriously in anti-terror battle.
RUSSIA
Putin helps to free US citizen in Syria
Russia says it has helped to free a US citizen in Syria after the US president asked his Russian counterpart to search for Americans in Syria.
INTERVIEWS
‘Blood money helping Clinton’s campaign’
Hillary Clinton cannot win the 2016 election “without blood money,” says an analyst.
MILITARY
‘Iraqi forces to be trained over Daesh’
John Kerry says local forces in Iraq will be trained on how to take back lands occupied by Daesh.
INTERVIEWS
Why now? US asks for Iran's help
John Kerry’s call for Iran to help end wars in the Middle East could mean the Obama administration is trying to reach out to Iran to resolve the region’s problems, an American scholar says.
INTERVIEWS
‘US black imprisonment surged in 90s’
The US crime bill that former President Bill Clinton approved while in office led to a surge in the imprisonment of black people.
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