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Bahrain to return teen body to family
The body of a Bahraini teenager killed in a Wednesday blast will be delivered to his family early on Thursday, activists say.

The body of a Bahraini teenager killed in a Wednesday blast will be delivered to his family early on Thursday, activists say.

Yemeni army soldiers and allied fighters inflict heavy losses on al-Qaeda affiliates in the southern port city of Aden.

The Egyptian cabinet agrees to revise a controversial ‘anti-terror’ law.

At least one Palestinian has been injured in fresh Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

The family of an unarmed Hispanic man fatally shot by US police in 2013 has called for a federal civil rights investigation.

US President Barack Obama says the crisis in Syria will not be resolved without support from Iran, Russia, Turkey and other regional countries.

A new study shows that overexploitation of the Earth’s natural resources could threaten humans’ health gains.

Amnesty International slams an Egyptian anti-terror bill, calling it a "strike at the very heart of basic freedoms."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticizes Tel Aviv’s opposition to the conclusion of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 countries.

The ISIL Takfiri terrorist group has executed 17 fishermen in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Pakistan says it has shot down an Indian spy drone over its side of the Himalayan region of Kashmir.

Two Brimstone missiles fall off a landing British fighter jet at a Royal Air Force base in southern Cyprus.

The US presents a draft resolution to the UN Security Council that would lift all sanctions against Iran related to its nuclear program.

Newly-leaked NSA documents introduce Israeli special forces as the ones responsible for 2008 assassination of a Syrian general.

The White House says US President Barack Obama has called Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Iran nuclear agreement.

The most powerful pro-Israel lobbying group in the United States has called on the US Congress to reject the Iran nuclear agreement.

President Rouhani thanks Vienna for hosting Iran’s nuclear talks.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says Israel seeks a "permanent standoff" with Iran.