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April 16, 2013
One of the injured is an unnamed 20 year old man, the other is an unnamed exchange student
The heads of five major UN agencies on Monday issued a rare joint appeal to the intentional community to act immediately to save Syria from "disaster".
Syria's embattled President Bashar al Assad has issued a general decree granting amnesty for 'general crimes' committed during the conflict, according to state news agency SANA.
President Obama vowed on Monday that those behind the bombing which killed at least three people at the Boston Marathon "will feel the full weight of justice."
April 15, 2013
Boston bombings have left the U.S. East coast in a state of high alert, deploying maximum crowd control as more questions than answers spread. Speculation spinning suggests that while it was probably a terror attack- whether domestic or foreign- it could be an international one with the hallmarks of global terrorisers Al Qaeda.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was granted a release order in relation to charges over killing protestors but remains in prison on corruption charges
A Kuwait court on Monday sentenced opposition leader, Mussallam al-Barrak, to five years in prison after he was convicted of insulting the emir, an AFP correspondent said.
A wave of bombings across the country has left 23 people dead and injured dozens more
Jordan’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour said the country will appeal to the UN Security Council for increased aid to deal with the refugee crisis in the Kingdom
South Cairo Criminal Court is to decide on Monday whether former President Hosni Mubarak can be released or if he should remain in detention
Bashar Al-Assad's air force has been responsible for thousands of civilian deaths since the conflict in Syria erupted over two years ago
April 14, 2013
One man was killed and several people were wounded on Sunday when Syrian gunmen slammed rockets into Lebanon’s border village of Qasr in the Hermel region.
All attackers confirmed dead after suicide blasts followed by armed attack
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE meet on Sunday in Riyadh to discuss contingency plans for potential radiation leaks from the Bushehr nuclear plant
President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Saturday destroyed the Omari mosque in the southern city of Daraa where Syria's uprising erupted two years ago, opposition activists said on Sunday.
