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Friday, January 29, 2016 - 06:23
A prisoner in the city of Sharqeya, Hussein Mohamed Radwan, died in detention Tuesday, two days after his arrest, amid claims by his family that he was tortured.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 06:18
Pentagon officials have concluded that hundreds more trainers, advisers and commandos from the United States and its allies will need to be sent to Iraq and Syria in the coming months as the campaign to isolate the Islamic State intensifies.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 06:06
The Egyptian Air Force has received a second batch of three Rafale fighter jets from Dassault. On Thursday the aircraft arrived in Cairo from France.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 06:04
The United Arab Emirates armed forces has ordered Patria AMV 8x8 armored wheeled vehicles.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 05:25
With about 500,000 people expected to visit Brazil for the Olympics here this year, researchers are scrambling to figure how much of a risk the Games might pose in spreading the Zika virus around the world.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 05:21
El Salvador police are abandoning the National Civil Police (PNC) in record numbers amid rising confrontations with gangs and complaints officers' families are being threatened.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 08:23
A Saudi-led coalition fighting in neighboring Yemen has targeted civilians with air strikes and some of the attacks could be a crimes against humanity, United Nations sanctions monitors said in an annual report to the Security Council.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 08:02
Central Asian governments ramped up pressure on nongovernmental groups and activists in 2015, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016. The governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan arrested and imprisoned government critics, closed down independent groups and opposition parties, and adopted legislation restricting the rights of nongovernmental organizations.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 07:55
Bangladesh slipped one notch to rank as the 13th most corrupt country in the world, Transparency International today revealed in its graft perception index.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 07:51
Armenian armed forces broke ceasefire with Azerbaijan 131 times on various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Jan. 28.