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Bahrain Prosecution Exposes Terrorist Residing in Iran

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jun 16, 2016 | Middle East

Manama- Bahrain Public Prosecution announced on Wednesday that an official in charge of the Resala Association has been sentenced on terrorism charges and currently is on the run in Iran. The indictment came after suspicious financial activity was reported....

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A flare is ignited as England fans hang a flag onto a bar’s canopy in central Lens, on 16 June 2016, on the day that England plays Wales during the Euro 2016 football tournament. / AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

20 Russians Thrown Out of France as Police Brace for ‘Battle of Britain’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 16, 2016 | Sports

Twenty Russians including a far-right agitator were to be thrown out of France on Thursday as the city of Lens went into lockdown over fears of more violence at England’s next Euro 2016 match. Three Russian supporters will also be tried in Marseille, the first...

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani. REUTERS

Rouhani Slams Washington, Khamenei Threatens to Burn Nuclear Deal

by Adel al-Salmi | Jun 16, 2016 | Middle East

London-Iran has appealed to the U.N.’s highest court against a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be paid to American victims of terror attacks blamed on Tehran, the tribunal said Wednesday. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in April...

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Members of the Yazidi minority sect who were newly released wait along a road on the outskirts of Kirkuk, April 8, 2015. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

U.N. Says ISIS is Committing Genocide against Yazidis

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 16, 2016 | Middle East

United Nations investigators said on Thursday that ISIS is committing genocide against the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq, seeking to destroy the ethno-religious group of 400,000 people through killings, sexual slavery and other crimes. The Council of Inquiry on Syria...

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Prime Minister Tammam Salam meets Information Minister Ramzi Jreij at the Grand Serail in Beirut. NNA

Lebanon’s Kataeb Party Joins Opposition, its Ministers Act as Caretakers

by Paula Astih | Jun 16, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The Kataeb Party has decided to pull its ministers out of the Lebanese government at a time when the country’s security is shaken following a bomb attack on a bank located in Beirut. Kataeb leader MP Sami Gemayel said the resignations are intended to create “a...