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Blast hits military site in Syrian port city

A loud explosion has hit a military site in the Syrian port city of Latakia, both state media and opposition sources said.

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Egypt minister quits over new Luxor governor

Egypt’s tourism minister has resigned a day after President Mohamed Morsi appointed a new governor to Luxor province from an Islamist party linked to a massacre of holidaymakers in the temple city.

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Suicide bomber strikes Yemen town

Several people have been killed and wounded in Yemen's northern Saada town when a suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up in a busy market, a defence ministry statement said.

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Deadly clashes erupt in south Lebanon

Two people have reportedly been killed in armed clashes between supporters of a pro-Hezbollah group and followers of a Sunni cleric in south Lebanon, local media has said.

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Afghan officials to talk with Taliban in Doha

Nabi Misdaq, an Afghan political analyst, says the Taliban move is a 'significant developmentAfghan President Hamid Karzai has said that his government will send representatives to Qatar soon to discuss peace with the Taliban, a day after it was reported that the group was set to open its political office in Doha.

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Iraq worshippers killed in twin blasts

BaghdadTwo suicide bombers have blown themselves up in and around a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital, killing 13 people and wounding 32, police said.

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Taliban 'set to open office in Qatar'

Taliban will open a political office in the Gulf state of Qatar on Tuesday, MWC News has learned.

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More MERS virus deaths in Saudi Arabia

Four more people have died from the MERS virus in Saudi Arabia, bringing the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom to 32, the health ministry has said.

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Explosion hits military airport near Damascus

Violence continues in Syria's civil war, as Syrian state television and residents report that an explosion has shaken a Damascus neighbourhood that is home to several embassies and a military airport.

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'Dozens dead' in car bomb attack in Aleppo

Activists said the blast hit near a military complex in the town of al-Douwairinah near Aleppo's international airportA car bomb has struck near the Syrian northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 60 members of President Bashar al-Assad's troops, activists have said.

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