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Rights groups slam Turkey media gag
A coalition of international media rights groups has criticized the Turkish government over its suppression of journalists and news outlets.

A coalition of international media rights groups has criticized the Turkish government over its suppression of journalists and news outlets.

Senator McCain says the US-Russian deal to avoid inadvertent clashes over Syria is a betrayal of US-trained forces.

The family of a US citizen killed in Israel's 2010 raid on a Turkish-led aid flotilla are suing former Israeli premier, Ehud Barak.

Boko Haram Takfiri militants kill twenty people outside a village in northeast Nigeria.

Syria warns Qatar against military intervention in the country.

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh says Tehran has proposed to swap hydrocarbon products with Russia.

The US is reportedly planning to increase the annual military aid to Israel by as much as $1 billion.

Russia sends an aid convoy to the residents of Ukraine’s crisis-hit east.

Cholera has infected more than 1,900 people in Iraq, the worst outbreak in its recent years.

Mexico makes 'key' arrests over the escape of drug tsar Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

The US Air Force has recently lost control of two Predator drones in Turkey and Iraq.

Hamas accuses the UN chief of siding with Israel over the rising violence in the occupied territories.

The White House has slammed Russia for its "red carpet" welcome of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

US President Barack Obama unveils a new initiative to tackle the heroin crisis across the United States.

Saudi jets have bombarded Yemen’s Sa’ada province with banned cluster bombs.

Iranian Defense Minister says his country’s relations with Russia have helped in stabilizing the Middle East.

Israeli forces have mistaken a Jewish settler for a Palestinian and gunned him down in the Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem).

The US is “in a state of panic” over airstrikes by Russian forces against Daesh Takfiris in Syria.