Pakistani Taliban selects new leader

THE Pakistani Taliban has selected Khan Said Sajna as the insurgent group's new leader after Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a US drone strike, members of the organisation say. Sajna is from a group within the Pakistani Taliban that was in favour...

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Bahrain opposition leader faces prosecutor

BAHRAIN'S main opposition group says its leader has been called to the state prosecutor's office over an exhibition that showed alleged abuses against anti-government protesters. It's unclear whether Ali Salman, the head of the Shi'ite bloc...

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In midst of Syria war, Jesus statue arises

IN the midst of a conflict rife with sectarianism, a giant bronze statue of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under cover of a truce among three warring factions. Jesus stands, arms outstretched, on the Cherubim mountain, overlooking...

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Iran editor jailed for religious article

THE editor of an Iranian reformist newspaper has been jailed for publishing an article on Shia Islam deemed offensive by authorities. The ISNA news agency said Saeed Pourazizi of the Bahar newspaper was taken to Evin prison on Saturday. ISNA...

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