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Suicide bomber kills at least 15 outside Pakistan polio centre

A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people, most of them police, outside a polio eradication center in the Pakistani city of Quetta on...

Egypt: no evidence of terrorism in Russian plane crash

Egypt said on Monday it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other illegal action linked to the crash of a Russian...

Two women die of MERS in Riyadh, Saudi

Two elderly Saudi women died from Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus virus (MERS-CoV) Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  The Health Ministry reported that the victims were...

Saudi officials announce cease-fire amid pandemic

Saudi Arabia's official state news agency announced Wednesday a cease-fire starting Thursday, a step that could pave the way for the first direct peace...

Erdogan calls on NATO to help curb militant attacks

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on NATO to do more to fight the threat of global terrorism, saying the 28-nation alliance needed to "update"...

Coronavirus infections in Iran crossed 40,000

The government warned the outbreak could run for several more months and cost over 10,000 lives, as the number of declared Coronavirus infections in...

Plane carrying bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians beheaded in 2015 leaves Libya

A Libyan plane carrying the bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians killed in 2015 by Islamic State in its former Libyan stronghold of Sirte left...

Egypt TV host released on bail after being held for defaming police

An Egyptian TV talk show host was released on bail on Monday after being detained for allegedly defaming the police, judicial sources said. A Cairo...

Putin vows 'extremely tough' action on Syria threats

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to take "extremely tough" action against any threat to its forces in Syria. Such targets must be...

A return to regular activity in Iran

Iran said Sunday it will allow "low-risk" economic activities to resume from April 11 as its daily Coronavirus infection rates slowed for a fifth...

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