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Saudi man dies of MERS virus

A Saudi nurse walks towards the King Fahad hospital in Hofuf, east of Riyadh, on June 16, 2013. A Saudi man has died of the coronavirus MERS, bringing the kingdom's death toll from the SARS-like virus to 41, while two new cases were registered, the government said. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)

A Saudi man has died of the coronavirus MERS, bringing the kingdom’s death toll from the SARS-like virus to 41, while two new cases were

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Syrian army tanks are seen deployed in the Jobar neighbourhood of Damascus on August 24, 2013. The United States said on Sunday there was "very little doubt" Syrian forces had used chemical weapons on civilians and dismissed an offer by Damascus for a UN team to view the attack site. (AFP Photo/)
‘Very little doubt’ chemical weapons used in Syria

The United States said Sunday there was “very little doubt” Syrian forces had used chemical weapons on civilians and dismissed an offer by Damascus for a UN team to view

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For Obama, world looks far different than expected

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly five years into his presidency, Barack Obama confronts a world far different from what he envisioned when he first took office. U.S. influence is declining in

Six killed in bomb attack on Yemen air force bus
Six killed in bomb attack on Yemen air force bus

SANAA (Reuters) – At least six people were killed and 26 wounded on Sunday in a bomb attack on a bus carrying members of Yemen’s air force to their base

Muslim Brotherhood leaders, Mubarak face trial in Egypt

CAIRO (Reuters) – Three leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and the movement’s former arch-foe Hosni Mubarak faced separate trials on Sunday on similar charges of involvement in the killing of

In this July 15, 2013, photo President Barack Obama speaks during a ceremony to present the 5,000th daily Point of Light Award to Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton
Obama warns of cost of US action in Syria

  President Barack Obama warned the United States must be wary of costly and difficult foreign interventions as calls mount for military action against Syria over alleged chemical warfare. In

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U.N. presses Syria to allow gas attack inspection

BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) – The United Nations demanded Syria give its chemical weapons experts immediate access on Thursday to rebel-held Damascus suburbs where poison gas appears to have killed hundreds just

A boy who survived from what activists say is a gas attack cries as he takes shelter inside a mosque in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus August 21, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abdullah
Syria gas ‘kills hundreds,’ Security Council meets

BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s opposition accused government forces of gassing hundreds of people on Wednesday by firing rockets that released deadly fumes over rebel-held Damascus suburbs, killing men, women and

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Divided Egypt prepares to release Mubarak from jail

CAIRO (Reuters) – Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak could leave prison on Thursday after a court ruling that further divided a country in turmoil since the army toppled Islamist President

China tax evasion crackdown
China to join global crackdown on tax evasion

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – China has agreed to join the international effort by the Group of 20 leading economies to combat tax evasion by signing an agreement