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Kuwaiti journalist presides over Arab Journalists Union
Union’s new general secretariat includes two out of five Egyptian journalists who…
Brahimi says Assad plan for Syria ‘one-sided’
Al-Assad's new plan for his embattled country is "more sectarian, more one-sided"…
At least 10 Kenyans killed in reprisal raid: Red Cross
In a retaliatory dawn raid in the Tana River delta region of…
HRW: Bahrain court verdicts ‘mind-boggling’
Bahrain's Court of Cassation on Monday upheld jail terms served by a…
Shi’as hold counter-demos in southern Iraq
Among those rallies have been an ongoing sit-in in western Anbar province…
Bahrain appeals court upholds jail for 13 opposition leaders
The 13 activists took part in 2011 anti-government protests and were convicted…
Syria opposition and west reject Assad ‘peace plan’
Assad, in his first speech in seven months, on Sunday outlined his…
Delhi gang-rape accused in court for first time
Lawyers at the Saket court complex have decided to refuse to defend…
Badie, Ahmedinejad and Carlos Latuff ‘anti-Semites of the year’
The Simon Weisenhall Centre is a pro-Jewish rights group that ranks the…
Kuwait jails opposition tweeter for insulting emir
Enezi is the first to be sentenced among dozens of tweeters, activists…