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Nimr was convicted of sedition, rioting, protesting and robbery in the Eastern Province district of Qatif

A reward of nearly $200,000 was handed over for their investigation into the deadly Bangkok blast

Sound of bomb explosions is being heard from Kayamla and Dalori along Bama Road since around 7:00 am

Iran has always denied seeking to build an atomic weapon, insisting its programme is for peaceful energy production

UK PM says Britain's fleet of 10 "Reapers" would be replaced by 20 new models as part of country's 2015 Defence Review

Her remarks came a day after 66-year-old Japanese citizen Hoshi Kunio was shot dead in northern Bangladesh

Jewish state temporarily banned Palestinians from entering Jerusalem's Old City following attacks

Some suggest the reason he has been held so long at Guantanamo is because he may have witnessed the torture of others

Experts say it is separate weather system from Hurricane Joaquin, powerful Category Four storm that battered Bahamas

The EU has been critical of a crackdown on media in Turkey, which languishes far down global press freedom rankings

Bombing lasted nearly an hour despite calls to Kabul, Washington

Attacks on foreigners are rare in Bangladesh but it has been convulsed by rising Islamist violence over past year

Police say mosque in western Sydney suburb of Parramatta was raided with consent of religious leaders

The move will affect Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem who do not live inside the Old City

The case comes amid tensions between Brussels and Washington on issues of regulation

Afghan defence ministry says terrorists were using hospital as a position to target Afghan forces and civilians

The MSF trauma center in Kunduz was hit several times during sustained bombing and was very badly damaged

Chancellor Angela Merkel and German president attend ceremonies in Frankfurt with resonant slogan "Overcoming Borders"

Mahmud Zahar's call comes after numerous attacks on Palestinians were reported in the West Bank on Friday

Reaffirms support for Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination at annual foreign ministers meeting

Tirumala Rao, 35, snatched the boy while he was returning home from a nursery

Norway controls an external EU frontier with Russia, a border which has been crossed by more than 250 Syrian refugee

Wife says her husband was beaten to death by mob over rumours that he and his family had consumed beef

One of those arrested was a Syrian man who the interior ministry said was preparing to carry out attacks

The woman shot herself in the head with a single bullet, which exited her skull and hit her partner

Obama has renewed his calls for legislation to curb gun violence

Charity says nine Doctors Without Borders staff dead and dozens of others seriously wounded in airstrike

Dalai Lama had been due to embark on a tour of the US when doctors told him to rest

Prayers at place of worship attended by thousands and broadcast to 200 countries

With many more pilgrims still listed as missing, Iranian officials say the real toll is between 2,000 and 4,000

Government is trying to calm escalating security fears after the attack was claimed by the Islamic State group

Recently several Nobel prizes for physics, chemistry and economics have sold for between $300,000 and $400,000

At the time of the bombing, 105 patients and over 80 international and local MSF staff were in the hospital

Ahmed Talaat said he was been shot in the thigh by a .22 calibre bullet, of the type used by the Israeli army

Alphabet will replace Google as the publicly traded company to house Google's search and Web advertising businesses

The climber, part of a team of 14, was descending after a successful summit of the 8,156-metre, when he died

The men were all handed sentences of between 10 and 12 years for sending numerous militants to Syria

Gandhi developed a deep friendship with the wealthy Kallenbach after they met in 1903

It could amount to the first forced departures of staff in the history of the former national airline

Some BJP leaders termed incident an accident while others called for arrest of the cow slaughterers instead

The boy pleaded guilty in July to sending messages online encouraging attack on police officers at an event in April

Around 3,000 people have died attempting the journey since January

Officials say responsibility for poor showing lies with Livingston's biggest water user Foster Farms

Coalition says these military actions constitute further escalation and will fuel more extremism and radicalisation

Spokesman for the UN children's agency Christophe Boulierac says 702 have been injured

Russia says it is bombing Islamic State but Western nations believe it is trying to shore up Syrian President Assad

Source says Israeli PM's team cancelled reservations at restaurant over 'security reasons'

Scientists have debated for about 35 years which of the two disasters drove the extinction

Russian Su-34 planes struck an IS training camp near the village of Maadan Jadid, 70 kilometres east of Raqa city

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says operation has been entirely against positions of Free Syrian Army