Thursday, 16 May 2013 07:58
The UN General Assembly has voted to pass a resolution condemning the Syrian government for human rights violations and call for a transitional government.
Middle East

The UN General Assembly has voted to pass a resolution condemning the Syrian government for human rights violations and call for a transitional government.

A spate of bomb blasts in Iraq have killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 30 others officials said.

A Bahraini court has sentenced six Twitter users to one year in prison for allegedly insulting King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, according to the public prosecutor's office.

The UN General Assembly is due to vote on a resolution to condemn the Syrian government for human rights violations and call for a transitional government.

Palestinians are marking the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, when hundreds of thousands of Arabs were forced out of their homes and into exile.

Syrian troops backed by tanks and warplanes are fighting to repel an attack on the central prison in Aleppo after rebels blew up its walls in suicide car bombings, according to a watchdog.

Bombings in Iraq, including two car bombs in the northern city of Kirkuk, killed at least 14 people and wounded 21 others on Wednesday, security and medical officials said.

Saudi Arabia has confirmed four new cases of the SARS-like coronavirus in its Eastern Province, state media has reported, citing the health ministry.

The first group of Kurdish fighters to withdraw from Turkey under a peace process has entered northern Iraq.

A Russian-made Yemeni military jet has crashed into a residential district of the capital Sanaa killing the pilot, an army official said.
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