AFP, TEHRAN: Iran has expelled a senior official from Bahrain’s embassy in Tehran in apparent retaliation after the Sunni-ruled Gulf state did the same to its envoy in Manama. “The number two official in Bahrain’s embassy in Iran is persona non grata and Mr Bassam al-Dossari must leave…

AFP, SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala: At least 30 people were dead and several hundred missing Friday a day after a landslide smashed through a village on the outskirts of the Guatemalan capital, officials said. More than 500 rescue workers, police and soldiers, as well as desperate residents, clawed…

AFP, ABUJA: Two explosions that ripped through the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Abuja have left at least 18 people dead and 41 wounded, the National Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday. “The death toll is now 18 because three people died in the hospitals this morning while 41…

AFP, BEIRUT: Russian bombing raids on Syria entered their fourth day on Saturday, striking the Islamic State group’s main stronghold after the Kremlin came under fire from the West for targeting moderate rebel groups. A staunch backer of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, Moscow began sorties…

AFP, BERLIN: Germany on Saturday celebrated 25 years since its joyful reunification, with its leaders urging the nation to muster the same strength and…

AFP, NABLUS, Palestinian Territories: Ten Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire in the West Bank on Saturday during a raid by troops hunting the murderers of a Jewish settler couple, Palestinian police and medical sources said. Palestinians protesting against the raid in the territory’s main…