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11 Saudi princes arrested for protesting at ruling palace

11 Saudi princes arrested for protesting at ruling palace

Saudi police have arrested 11 princes for protesting at the ruling palace in Riyadh and refusing to leave, sources confirmed to Sabq local online news on Saturday, Xinxua reports. The princes protested over the decision of the Saudi …

Drug dealers arrested in Istanbul

Drug dealers arrested in Istanbul

Police officers in Istanbul neutralized a group of drug traffickers during a special operation conducted this morning, the local law enforcement agency informed. All detainees are the citizens of Turkey. A large consignment of …

Iranian TV executive shot dead in Istanbul

Iranian TV executive shot dead in Istanbul

The Iranian founder of a popular Farsi-language satellite television network has been shot dead in Istanbul alongside a Kuwaiti business partner, according to Turkish media, months after reportedly being convicted of spreading …

3 US soldiers wounded in green-on-blue attack in Afghanistan

3 US soldiers wounded in green-on-blue attack in Afghanistan

Three U.S. soldiers were wounded when an Afghan soldier opened fire on them at a base in Helmand province on Sunday, NATO said. The trio received medical treatment after the so-called green-on-blue attack, according to NATO, which …

Passenger detained with heroin in his stomach in Riyadh

Passenger detained with heroin in his stomach in Riyadh

The border guards of Riyadh airport arrested a passenger who tried to import heroin weighing a little less than a kilogram within his body, the director of the customs service, Sultan Al-Fahid, said. …

CTO regime introduced in three districts of Dagestan

CTO regime introduced in three districts of Dagestan

A counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced on the territory of three districts of Dagestan, security forces are searching for militants, a spokesman of the Operations Staff of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) in Dagestan …

2 more arrested over attack on journalist in Turkey

2 more arrested over attack on journalist in Turkey

Two more suspects were arrested Saturday over Friday's gun attack targeting Turkish journalist Can Dundar, who was on trial in Istanbul's Caglayan courthouse on charges of revealing state secrets. According to the Istanbul …

Turkish police detain more than 100 drug traffickers

Turkish police detain more than 100 drug traffickers

More than 5 thousand police officers in Istanbul are involved in the special operation against the drug traffickers. The special operation was carried out in 39 districts of the city, 113 people have been arrested already, Trend reports …

Islamic State releases 37 Christian Assyrians

Islamic State releases 37 Christian Assyrians

Terrorists from the Islamic State terrorist organization have released captured Christian Assyrians after long negotiations which began in March, a representative of the Assyrian community in Lebanon, Father Sargon reported. "Today …

Twelve killed in Baghdad explosion

Twelve killed in Baghdad explosion

12 people became victims of terrorist attacks in Baghdad and its suburban areas today, sources in the region report. Five security force officers and one civilian were killed in a militant attack at a checkpoint 25 kilometers north of …

Drug smugglers have a shootout with police in Iran

 Four people killed in shootout with drug smugglers in Iran, Trend reports.A shootout took place between police and drug smugglers at the Kerman-Bam highway in the Iranian province of Kerman last night, resulting in four smugglers being killed with another injured, Iranian Mehr news agency reported on Thursday.According to the report, 38 kilograms of heroin, as well as firearms were seized from the smugglers.