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YANGON – On Tuesday, Myanmar sentenced seven Muslims to prison terms ranging from two to 28 years in connection to religious violence in March that left dozens of people dead, a justice official said.
The defendants, who were spared the death...
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel travels to Egypt Wednesday as part of a Middle East tour designed to bolster America's alliances amid growing concern over the fallout from Syria's roiling civil war.
In his first trip to the Middle East as...
Nigeria is to investigate its army's conduct after clashes between troops and Islamist fighters in the northeast killed nearly 200 people, the single deadliest event since the insurgency began.
President Goodluck Jonathan ordered a "full-...
Clashes on Tuesday in north Iraq between security forces and anti-government protesters allegedly infiltrated by militants left 27 people dead and about 70 injured, top army officers said.
The clashes are just the latest violence between security...
A Qatari court has sentenced a Muslim barber from an unknown Asian country to 40 lashes over consuming alcohol in the Gulf state, a local daily reported on Monday.
The man was arrested following a complaint by another who accused him of harassing...
Human Rights Watch called Monday on both the Syrian regime and rebel forces to end "indiscriminate cross-border attacks" on areas in Lebanon, warning they violate international law.
Fire from the conflict in neighbouring Syria has...
Kuwait's appeals court on Monday granted opposition leader Musallem al-Barrak bail as it began examining his five-year jail term for insulting the emir, a lawyer said.
Former MP Barrak appeared in court, although he had refused to turn himself...
The International Monetary Fund and Egypt hope to conclude talks for a loan deal “in the coming weeks,” they said in a joint statement Sunday.
The statement came after IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde met an Egyptian delegation in...
Colorado Party millionaire and political neophyte Horacio Cartes won Paraguay’s presidential race, officials said, paving the way for his nation to rejoin the Mercosur trade bloc.
Cartes, a conservative tobacco baron, took 46 percent of the...
Syria's National Coalition head Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib has refiled his resignation and an interim leader is being sought, a fellow member and a source close to the main opposition group said Sunday.
Khatib insists on resigning, almost a month...
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