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Death toll rises to 11 in Saudi fire, 20...

Death toll rises to 11 in Saudi fire, 200 injured

Eleven people are dead and over 200 are injured after a fire swept through an oil workers residential compound in Saudi Arabia. Saudi national oil company Saudi Aramco said the cause of the fire which broke out in a basement of the Radium residential compound in Khobar was not known. Cars and... read more »

Saudi Arabia: Fire at oil workers’ resid...

Saudi Arabia: Fire at oil workers’ residential compound kills at least 11

A large fire broke out Sunday in the basement of a sprawling residential complex in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich east, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 200, officials in the kingdom said. The blaze began early in the morning in a multistory residential compound known as Radium in the... read more »

Thai woman wearing Islamic head-scarf na...

Thai woman wearing Islamic head-scarf named as suspect in Bangkok bomb blas...

Bangkok police have named a Thai woman wanted for questioning about the lethal shrine explosion as they said they were seeking two new suspects after bomb-making material was found in a second apartment in the city’s outskirts. Investigators released a photograph of the woman, identified as Wanna... read more »

Thai police question Uighur trio over Ba...

Thai police question Uighur trio over Bangkok blast

Bangkok: Thai police on Friday said three Uighur Muslims, among dozens detained in the kingdom for illegal entry last year, have been questioned over the deadly Bangkok bombing. Eleven days on from the bombing at Erawan shrine, which killed 20 people and wounded scores more, authorities are hunting... read more »

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US officials detail Islamic State kills, but hard part ahead

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Historic move: UK begins transfer of powers to Scotland

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Yemen thrown into turmoil as its president resigns

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