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US, Russia and UK back Israel at Mideast meeting

Russia joins with US and Britain in supporting Israel's position that a nuclear-free Middle East requires peace first, absolving it from declaring its nuclear weapons

11 die in bomb blast in Somali capital Mogadishu

Bomb blast kills 11 in Somali capital Mogadishu's safest neighborhood

Libya will not hand over Gaddafi son Seif to ICC, minister says

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor visits Libya, saying he doesn't expect to meet Seif Al-Islam

ICC prosecutor meets Libyans to discuss Saif al-Islam

ICC prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo is set to meet Libyan authorities to discuss the fate of Saif al-Islam and former spy chief

Protester killed in Saudi eastern Shiite region

One protester is killed in Qatif, a Shiite majority area in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, when police opened fire on a demonstration against police brutality

Hezbollah renews support for Syria, Iran

Hezbollah says Lebanon will never be a conduit for a conspiracy against a sister state

34 million living with HIV after treatment 'gamechanger': UN

Easier access to treatment has slashed the number of AIDS-related deaths worldwide, say UNAIDS officials

Turkey PM warns Assad his days are numbered

Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Syrian leader can't use force to stay in power indefinitely

Region

Bahrain braces for unveiling of probe into unrest

Head of Bahrain's largest opposition group, Al-Wefaq says Bahraini people will not go home empty-handed and will not accept the status quo

Bahrain opposition says will keep protesting

US arms won't be used on Bahrain protesters: official

Report: 5,700 people questioned in Bahrain unrest

Elderly Shiite 'beaten to death' by Bahrain police

Thousands rally in Bahrain against island's rulers

Bahrain protester killed by police vehicle

UN envoy says Yemen power transfer deal in place

For the fourth time Yemen is reportedly edging towards a transition of power as a UN envoy says a deal has been reached for Saleh to hand over power to deputy and form unity government with the opposition

Turkish PM calls on 'coward' Assad to quit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges Assad to step down, and asks why he's fighting for power to the death and not for the Israeli-occupied Golan

Protests banned as Ukraine marks Orange anniversary

In a protest marking the seventh anniversary of the Orange Revolution, security forces man barricades around Kiev's main square and stop the protests from taking place, while many express dismay at lack of democratisation

Tunisia enters new era of democracy

As newly elected constituent assembly holds its first session, Islamists promise religion is not hostile to democracy

UN draft is a 'declaration of war' on Syria-envoy

Syria's UN envoy calls the latest draft resolution that would enact an Arab League plan to bring in foreign observers a 'declaration of war' on Damascus

International

Spain's Rajoy triumphs with big election majority

Mariano Rajoy's centre-right People's Party storm to a crushing election victory as voters punish outgoing Socialist government for the worst economic crisis in generations

West hits Iran with new sanctions

New sanctions worked up against Iran, limiting its links with Iran's Central Bank that has been channelling proceeds of energy sales between the European and American nations and the west

Pakistan's US envoy returns home amid scandal

Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S. returned home Sunday after being summoned to answer questions about his alleged role in a secret memo scandal that could cost him his job and threatens to engulf the country's president

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