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Saudi strike kills woman, 3 daughters
At least six more civilians are killed in fresh Saudi airstrikes in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta’izz.

At least six more civilians are killed in fresh Saudi airstrikes in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta’izz.

Recent revelations of prisoner abuse by US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan implicate US leaders, says an analyst.

Spain’s Socialist Party (PSOE) snubs an offer by the anti-austerity Podemos Party to hold exclusive talks to form a new government.

Colombia announces the first deaths from complications caused by the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

The UN secretary-general says he is “ashamed” of the lack of progress in the so-called peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians.

A Human Rights Watch researcher slams Saudi Arabia for cracking down on its entire human rights community.

Palestine inaugurates its first diplomatic mission in the Western Hemisphere in Brazil amid Tel Aviv-Brasilia tensions.

GOP candidate Donald Trump has criticized President Obama for ‘apologizing’ to Muslims during his first visit to an American mosque.

France’s energy giant Total will start buying 160,000 barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil from Iran later this month.

Analysts say militants operating in Syria’s Aleppo are on the verge of defeat amid Syrian army advances.

Iran announces plan to build a 1.8-billion-euro oil refinery in Spain, a Spanish paper says.

Angry protesters stone to death a former soldier in the Caribbean country of Haiti.

Bahrain expresses its readiness to deploy ground forces in cooperation with Saudi Arabia to Syria as part of the US-led coalition.

Iraqi government forces retake full control over al-Sijariyah district in the troubled western province of Anbar.

Iran’s petroleum minister says the terms of new oil deals, sweetened to tempt back foreign companies, have yet to be finalized.

The number of Americans giving up their US citizenship or long-term residency hit a new record last year, according to official data.

Oil prices continue to fall, ending the week lower in choppy trading amid speculation about a possible deal between top oil producers.

China has taken a step closer toward creating a long-lived artificial sun on Earth through heating up hydrogen gas three times hotter than the core of the Sun.