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THE Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has delivered a speech before America’s largest pro-Israel lobby, to make a case against a nuclear deal the President Barack Obama administration is negotiating with Iran.

SAUDI Arabia Interior Ministry announced the release of Abdullah al-Khalidi, Saudi consul in Aden after three years as a hostage in Yemen. The Ministry said that the diplomat returned to Riyadh on

BILL Gates has been declared the richest man in the world for the second year running by Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of global billionaires. The Microsoft founder once again beat Mexican businessman

THE death toll from a cholera epidemic in Mozambique that broke out after widespread flooding has risen by almost 50 percent in two weeks to 41, health officials said Monday. And the

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday launched into a staunch defence of Israel at the annual session of a UN rights body, just as ties between Washington and the Jewish

THE outgoing Namibian President, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won the world’s most valuable individual award, the Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership. The $5m (£3.2m) award is given each year to an elected

A rights group in contact with the man thought to be Islamic State group executioner “Jihadi John” before he left Britain for Syria is facing a backlash after accusing intelligence services of

A VIDEO has captured the moment US police shot and killed a homeless man during an altercation at a homeless camp in central Los Angeles. The graphic film shows a violent struggle

ISLAMIST militant Mohammed Emwazi was never suspected of being radicalised at school, his former head teacher says. Jo Shuter, who was head of Quintin Kynaston Academy in north-west London until 2013, said

IRAQ has launched a military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS), Iraqi TV says. Local media reported that forces were attacking the city, backed by airstrikes