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Bahrainis and Kashmiris condemn Saudi execution of Sheikh Nimr

Wednesday, 06 January 2016 12:52 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 06 January 2016 12:53 AM ]

Protesters in Bahrain and Kashmir staged rallies to condemn Saudi execution of Sheikh Nimr.

1. Protesters in Bahrain and Kashmir have staged rallies in condemnation of Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

2. Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps unveils its second underground missiles depot. Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani paid a visit to the base.

3. Russia says there is a high probability that the Daesh terrorist group is using chemical weapons in Syria.

4. The bodies of dozens refugees, including children, have been found on Turkey’s Aegean coast.

5. Turkey’s military says more than a dozen Kurdistan Workers’ Party militants have been killed in clashes with security forces in the country’s southeastern restive regions.

6. In Venezuela, Socialist lawmakers loyal to President Nicolas Maduro stage a walkout from the swearing-in session of the new opposition-dominated legislature.

7. US President Barack Obama has unveiled a series of measures tightening control on firearms in the country.

8. A member of the U-S armed forces has been killed and two others injured in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.

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