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A terror plot to attack the Grand Mosque in Mecca has been foiled by security forces, the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry announced on Friday, Al Arabiya TV reported. According to the spokesman, the attack was planned by three terror groups, two based in Mecca and...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny can not run for presidency because of his criminal conviction, the Central Election Commission, said in a statement on Friday, told Reuters. "Navalny does not have passive suffrage," said the statement, meaning he was ineligible to run for office. Navalny was...

Numerous attacks have rocked Pakistan on the last day of the fasting month of Ramadan. The events have already been dubbed "Pakistan's black Friday." https://twitter.com/VOP_Today/status/878342281736011776 Multiple blasts killed at least 40 people across Pakistan on Friday, with a suicide car bomber killing 13 in the southwestern...

On Friday South Korea successfully launched the Hyunmoo-2 Ballistic Missile, reported on media. - NHK-A - Hyunmoo-II ballistic missiles, with a range of 300 kilometers, have been operational since 2008. Hyunmoo II ballistic missile use solid propellant and GPS/INS guidance, enabling it to hit a...

Turkey’s defence minister says his country has no plans to review its military base in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. Euronews reported on Friday that Fikri Isik’s comments come after Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations announced they have cut ties with Qatar over...

Iran is preparing to publish evidence that the US is supporting Islamic State. That's according media adviser to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Commander-in-Chief Hamid Reza Moghadam Far, in an exclusive interview with RT. https://youtu.be/gjyidn1pZls Earlier -- Iran claims to have proof of showing US alliance...

A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen could infect more than 300,000 people by the end of August, up from nearly 193,000 cases today, the United Nations said Friday. https://twitter.com/AFP/status/878183968364822528 "Probably at the end of August we will reach 300,000" cases, UN children's agency spokeswoman Meritxell Relano...

So called Islamic State group releases propaganda footage of destroyed al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul, and saying it was destroyed not by its militants but accusing the US for it. https://youtu.be/KDq3d7Zw2a4 The Islamic State (IS) extremists have blown up the great mosque of al-Nuri and historical minaret...

Russian vessels deployed to the Mediterranean have fired cruise missiles at Daesh targets inside Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry says. Press TV told, the missiles were fired from two Russian warships and a submarine at targets inside the western Syrian province of Hama on Friday. https://twitter.com/VOP_Today/status/878148328269250560 “As...

US-led coalition air strikes on two Syrian provinces targeting jihadists have killed 472 civilians over the past month, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday, more than double a previous 30-day toll. Monitoring group said the period between May 23 and June 23 saw...