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Bahrain deports Hezbollah supporters

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Bahrain deports Hezbollah supporters

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry has announced the deportation of a number of Lebanese nationals over ties to or support for Hezbollah.

Japan protests US soldier rape case

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Japan protests US soldier rape case

Japan says it has protested to the US over the alleged rape of a woman by an American sailor on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.

'Turkey pounds Kurdish bases in Iraq'

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'Turkey pounds Kurdish bases in Iraq'

Turkish fighter jets target Kurdish militant bases in northern Iraq a day after a deadly bomb attack in the capital, the army says.