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Saudi threatens illegal workers with prison

The Saudi government has warned that illegal foreign workers risk being slapped with prison sentences and fines after a three-month grace period runs out on July 3.

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Mubarak retrial adjourned to June

Hosni Mubarak is charged with the murder of hundreds of peaceful demonstrators in 2011The retrial of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's former president, over his role in the deaths of protesters during the country's uprising has been adjourned to June 8 till the presiding judge has gone through the new evidence.

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Blast kills mosque worshippers in Iraq

A bombing at a Sunni mosque near Baghdad killed three worshippers and wounded seven others, police said, reflecting rising sectarian tensions across Iraq, AP news agency reported.

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Hezbollah says Syria will send it new weapons

The head of Hezbollah has said he is ready to receive "game-changing" weapons from Syria, which has long been a conduit for Iranian weapons bound for the Lebanese armed group.

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Baghdad opposes PKK armed groups in Iraq

Iraq's central government has said it would not accept armed groups entering its territory as Kurdish militants began withdrawing from Turkey under a peace deal.

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Abducted European hostages freed in Yemen

A Finnish couple and an Austrian student abducted in Yemen by al-Qaeda fighters more than four months ago have been freed and handed over to Omani authorities, a Yemeni official said.

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Kerry: Assad cannot be part of Syria solution

John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will have to step down as part of any political solution in Syria.

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Kerry in new push for Israel-Palestine talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said he will depart in two weeks on another trip to the Middle East to push peace between Israel and the Palestinians as he seeks to breathe fresh life into the talks stalled since late 2010.

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UN decries rising poverty in east Jerusalem

Israeli "segregation policies" have caused deep economic isolation and left more than 80 percent of Palestian children in east Jerusalem wallowing in poverty, the UN said in a report.

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Syria back online after internet blackout

Syria's internet and phone service has resumed in the war-torn nation after a two-day blackout left much of the country cut off.

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