What’s at stake in Iranian elections
Q: What's at stake? A: Iranians will elect a Parliament that passes laws and a clerical council, the Assembly of…
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Isis commander ‘killed by captured Iraqi woman’ forced to act as a sex slave
MOSUL (TIP): An Iraqi woman has reportedly killed an Isis commander after he forced her to become a sex slave…
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Toddler gets life in prison for rioting in Egypt
Feb 23: In a surreal verdict, a military court last week found the boy, Ahmed Mansour Qorany Sharara, and 115…
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Seven dead in south Sudan UN base attack: Ban
UNITED STATES (TIP): An outbreak of fighting at a UN peacekeeping base sheltering civilians in South Sudan has killed at…
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Oil Prices may rise as Top oil producers agree to freeze output
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela are ready to freeze oil production at January's level if other producers do the…
Read MoreTens of thousands flee as Syria regime advances near Aleppo
DAMASCUS (TIP): Tens of thousands of Syrians were reported to have fled their homes on February 4 as regime troops…
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‘US to increase anti-IS funds by 50%’
WASHINGTON: The United States will spend $7.5 billion - a 50 per cent increase - to fund the fight against…
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Sending troops to Iraq, Syria will be terrible mistake: Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON (TIP): Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton promised not to send US troops to war-torn Iraq or Syria if elected…
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Obama calls for efforts to counter Islamic State in Libya
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama directed his national security advisers on Thursday to counter efforts by Islamic State to…
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Syrian Kurds ‘plan big attack’ to seal Turkish border
BEIRUT (TIP): The powerful Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and its local allies have drawn up plans for a major attack…
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Saudi Arabia urged to make more of its human rights successes by foreign office minster Tobias Ellwood
RIYADH (TIP): A government minister has urged Saudi Arabia to do a "better job" of trumpeting its human rights successes…
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US relies heavily on Saudi Arab money to support Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON (TIP): When President Barack Obama secretly authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to begin arming Syria's embattled rebels in 2013,…
Read MoreSaudi mission reopens after 25 years in Iraq
BAGHDAD (TIP): Saudi Arabia has reopened its embassy in Baghdad, with its ambassador submitting his credentials at the foreign ministry,…
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Four Indian youth enroute to join ISIS arrested in Syria
Syria has taken four Indian youth in its custody, who were planning to the join terrorist outfit ISIS, and asked…
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Battle vs ISIS, battle for the Middle East
ISIS or the Islamic State, also known as IS, ISIL or its Arab acronym, Da'esch, dominated the headlines for 2015. The…
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THE RISE AND RISE OF ISIS
ISIS ushered in 2015 with the terrifyingly typical displays of brutality which initially put the group in the international community's crosshairs.…
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Syria government to allow aid into besieged and starving Madaya, UN says
DAMASCUS (TIP): Syria's government gave permission on Thursday for UN aid deliveries to three besieged towns, including Madaya near Damascus…
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Saudi Arabia omitted from UK’s death penalty strategy ‘to safeguard defence contracts’
LONDON (TIP): The British Government left Saudi Arabia off a list of thirty countries to be challenged by diplomats over…
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Gunmen attack tourist bus of Arab-Israelis in Egypt’s Giza
CAIRO (TIP): Motorcycle-borne masked gunmen opened fire on a tourist bus of Arab-Israeli citizens and a hotel close to the…
Read MoreAt least 140 killed in Ethiopia protests over state land plan
NAIROBI: At least 140 people have been killed in Ethiopia over the past two months in a crackdown on anti-government…
Read MoreIran accuses Saudi Arabia of bombing its embassy in Yemen
DUBAI (TIP): Iran's state-run news agency IRNA says a Saudi-led air strike last night hit the Iranian embassy in Yemen.…
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Jihadis kill activist for anti-IS posts on social media
ISTANBUL (TIP): Islamic State (IS) jihadis hijacked the Facebook account of a captured female activist in Raqqa in a bid…
Read MoreNetanyahu, Abbas may visit India in 2016
India’s relation with the West Asian region is expected to be in focus during the first few months of 2016…
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Abdullah al-Zaher: Saudi Arabia is about to behead a teenage boy for attending a protest aged 15
Saudi ARABIA (TIP) : Saudi Arabia is believed to be on the brink of executing a teenage boy who was…
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Assad Can Stay, for Now | US changes stance for peace
WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday, December 15, accepted Russia's long-standing demand that President Bashar Assad's…
Read MoreNow an app from ISIS to promote terror
In the past, extremist groups have used tools and forums which were available: Rallies, pamphleteering, and marching in parades were…
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Saudi women set to make election history tomorrow
RIYADH (TIP): Outside of the Saudi capital, in one of the country's most conservative provinces, Jowhara al-Wably is making history.…
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Suicide car bombs kill 10 in northeast Syria
BEIRUT (TIP): At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded on Dec 11 in a triple suicide car bomb…
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Turkey president Erdogan hits back at Russia after being accused of buying oil from ISIS
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Russia of "slander" over Moscow's allegations Turkey had bought oil from Islamic State (IS) jihadists…
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Russia hits back at Turkey
Since the shootdown of a Russian Su-24 by the Turkish Air Force on the 24th of November, Russia has escalated…
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