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Xi hails 'unity' of security bloc led with Russia

QINGDAO, June 10 (AFP): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday opened a regional security summit attended by Russia and Iran with boasts of the bloc's "unity".It was inaugurated at a time when a fractious G7 gathering was mired in divisions between Europe and the US.On the sidelines of the Shanghai...

Iran postpones debate on terror financing

TEHRAN, June 10 (AFP): Iran's parliament voted Sunday to suspend discussion of joining the UN Terrorism Financing Convention for two months.The decision is part of an often furious debate among Iranian lawmakers over joining international conventions on money-laundering and terrorist financing.It is currently alone with North Korea on the black-list...

Saudi arrests two in ongoing crackdown on rights activists

RIYADH, June 10 (Al Jazeera): Saudi authorities arrested two more women's rights activist in the last three days.ALQST, a UK-based rights group focusing on Saudi Arabia, said Mayaa al-Zahrani was detained on Saturday for a social media post in support of Nouf Abdulaziz al-Jerawi, a fellow activist arrested on Wednesday...

Clashes as jihadists attack besieged Syria villages

BEIRUT, June 10 (AFP): Deadly clashes erupted overnight as jihadist fighters attacked two besieged regime-controlled villages in northwestern Syria, a monitor said on Sunday.The villages of Fuaa and Kafraya represent a tiny pocket of regime-held territory in Syria's northwest Idlib province, which is otherwise almost entirely controlled by various jihadist...

Houthi missile attack leaves three dead in Jizan

RIYADH, June 10 (Al Jazeera): Three civilians have been killed in Saudi Arabia by incoming fire from Yemen's Houthi rebels.Citing military coalition spokesperson Colonel Turki al-Malki, the state-run Saudi Press Agency announced the death in Jizan province on Saturday night.Al-Malki accused Yemen's Shia rebels of firing a projectile that was...

News in Brief (11-6-2018)

Priyanka regrets Quantico's plotlineNEW DELHI, June 10: Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra has apologised after outrage over a plotline on her US television series Quantico. A recent episode of the spy thriller showed the main character, played by Ms Chopra, thwarting a plot hatched by Hindus ahead of a summit on...

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (left) holding talks with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right)

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (left) holding talks with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) during his visit to the Istana, the official residence of the prime minister, on Sunday — AFP