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China Blast Kills 15 Miners, 18 Missing

Fifteen miners are confirmed dead and 18 missing after a coal mine explosion in southwest China Monday, state media reported, the latest mining disaster in the country. More than 200 rescue workers including firefighters, armed police and mine experts are searching shafts at the Jinshangou mine in the town of ...

October 31, 2016

Middle East

Iraqi troops preparing to storm ISIL strongholds in Mosul

Advancing Iraqi Forces near Mosul City Limits

Iraqi special forces neared the eastern city limits of Mosul on Monday, tightening the noose as the offensive to retake the ISIL group stronghold entered its third week. Forces from the elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) faced mortar fire as they pushed from the Christian town of Bartalla towards Mosul’s eastern ...

October 31, 2016

Lebanon

New Lebanese President General Michel Aoun

New President in Inaugural Speech: Lebanon to Cope with Corruption, Preemptively Fight Terrorism

The Lebanese elected President General Michel Aoun delivered the inaugural speech in the parliament after he had taken the office oath. President Aoun affirmed the importance of approving a new electoral law which fairly represents all the Lebanese segments, noting that coping with corruption will be the main goal of ...

October 31, 2016

Lebanon

General Michel Aoun Elected Lebanon’s President

Lebanese members of parliament elected on Monday MP General Michel Aoun, ending a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum. The head of Free Patriotic Movement was elected in a second round during a Parliamentary session. In the first round, a quorum of two-thirds majority of the 128-parliament was not secured. Aoun won 84 ...

October 31, 2016

Middle East

Bahraini prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab

Bahrain court postpones rights activist Nabil Rajab’s verdict

A Bahraini court Monday postponed its verdict in the trial of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab charged with ‘spreading false information and posting insults online’, a judicial source said. The criminal court that had been expected to issue a ruling at Monday’s hearing decided in Rajab’s presence to defer ...

October 31, 2016

Middle East

Hezbollah Secretary General in a meeting with MP Michel Aoun earlier this month

Israeli Media: Hezbollah ‘Biggest Winner’ As Lebanon Elects Aoun President

Israeli daily “Israel Today” said that the election of General Michel Aoun means that Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah is the ‘biggest winner’. The election of a Lebanese president or even designating a prime minister means nothing, the Israeli daily said, adding: “what means is that (former PM) Saad ...

October 31, 2016

Middle East

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi's

“Claims That Taliban Receive Iran Support Aim to Divert Attention from Saudi Crimes”

Iran has rejected Taliban’s claim of receiving support from Tehran, saying that such claim is aimed at diverting attention from crimes committed by the Saudi regime Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Bahram Qassemi, hit back at Taliban spokesperson Zabihollah Mojahed who claimed that the Islamic Republic has lent support to this ...

October 31, 2016

Lebanon

Lebanese incoming president, General Michel Aoun

Lebanon: Presidential Vacuum Comes to an End

MP Michel Aoun is to be elected as Lebanon’s 13th head of state in a parliamentary session on Monday, ending a two and a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum. Nearly 88 members of parliament are to elect the 81-year-old veteran Christian leader. Lebanon has been without a head of state since former ...

October 31, 2016

Middle East

Editor-in-chief of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet, Murat Sabuncu

Turkey Detains Editor of Opposition Newspaper Cumhuriyet

Turkish police detained the editor-in-chief of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet, state media reported Monday, while CNN Turk said 13 arrest warrants were issued for journalists and executives from the daily. Murat Sabuncu was detained while authorities searched for executive board chairman Akin Atalay and writer Guray Oz, the official news ...

October 31, 2016

World

Earthquake Hits Central Italy – In Photos

United States Geological Survey said that a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy on Sunday, without reporting damage or injuries. USGS reported that the epicenter of the quake was located 68 kilometers between the east and southeast of Perugia and at a depth of 108 kilometers.

October 30, 2016