PERSIAN GULF
HRW to Bahrain: Release Salman, Sharif
Human Rights Watch calls for the immediate release of two prominent Bahraini opposition leaders.
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FOREIGN POLICY
UK to send troops to Baltic amid Russia row
UK pledges troops for Baltic States as NATO-Russia tensions simmering over Syria and Ukraine.
PALESTINE
Israeli forces clash with Palestinians
Israeli troops fire tear gas to disperse Palestinian protesters angry over provocations by Israeli forces and settlers in al-Aqsa.
SYRIA
Syria launches major operation in Aleppo
Syria’s top army commander says a massive operation has been launched against terrorists in the northwestern province of Aleppo.
POLITICS
US voters favor president with new ideas
GOP voters say it is more important that a US presidential candidate has new ideas than “experience and a proven record,” a new poll has showed.
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Myanmar urged to free 100 prisoners
Amnesty International urges Myanmar to free nearly 100 “prisoners of conscience” before November polls.
EU
EU to discuss deportation of refugees
The European Union (EU) is to decide on measures to speed up the deportation of asylum seekers.
ECONOMY
India ready to pay $700mn Iran oil dues
India says it is ready to pay a second trench of outstanding oil dues to Iran on the due date.
INTERVIEWS
Russia airstrikes ‘clear signal to US’
Russia’s airstrikes in Syria are meant to demonstrate that it will not accept the diktats of the US, a political analyst and activist says.
SPORTS
FIFA committee suspends Blatter, Platini
FIFA’s ethics committee provisionally suspends the global soccer body’s President Sepp Blatter and his possible successor, Michel Platini, for 90 days.
IRAQ
Daesh abducts 200 people in north Iraq
Takfiri Daesh militants reportedly abduct 200 people in Iraq’s embattled northern province of Kirkuk.
FOREIGN POLICY
UK unveils radical plan on refugee crisis
EU ministers discuss a text warning countries they must send more migrants back to their countries of origin.
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Indonesia to receive help to fight fires
Indonesia agrees to get international help to combat forest fires.
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‘160 Saudi-led forces killed in Yemen’
Some 160 Saudi-led forces are reportedly killed and 378 others injured in Yemen’s Ma’rib Province over the past two days.
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One dead in Nicaragua miners strike
One person is killed and 31 are injured in clashes between protesting miners and police in Nicaragua.
ECONOMY
Iran wants China in Chabahar port project
Iran says it welcomes China’s investments in the development of Chabahar port in Sistant-and-Baluchestan province.
TURKEY
NATO, Russia heading toward standoff?
NATO says it is ready to defend Turkey against “threats” on its southern border, where Russian jets mistakenly entered Turkish airspace.
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Houthis conditionally back UN peace plan
Yemen’s Houthi movement expresses conditional support for a UN-brokered peace plan.
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