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They accuse the country’s Shiite government of discriminating and marginalizing the Sunnis.
The demonstrators have blocked the main highway leading to Jordan and arranged a traditional Friday prayer at the site.
Some media report that Al Qaeda has supported the protests and called for armed resistance.
Iraq has been seeing protests by the Sunni minority since December 2012.
Voice of Russia, Interfax
Two militants were killed and one was detained in a Federal Security Service operation which prevented a terror attack in Moscow, Dmitry Pavlov from Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee told the Voice of Russia. NAC states these men were trained in the Afghan-Pakistani region, which could potentially connect the militants with Al Qaeda.
As the inquest into the 2006 death of Alexander Litvinenko continues, Phillip Knightley, a journalist, critic, and the author of “Philby, KGB Master Spy”, tells the Voice of Russia what he thinks of one of the most controversial court cases of the decade and the coroner’s most recent decision to exclude certain evidence from the case.
The international conference on Syria is likely to take place in June. There are several issues that could hamper its success, but what matters most here is that even if Bashar Assad decides to step down this won’t help to resolve the conflict.
US President Barack Obama said on Monday that Myanmar's President Thein Sein planned to release more political prisoners and institutionalize democratic reforms in his country.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that a new agreement on strategic cooperation between Russia and the EU has already been worked out in the majority of points.
Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are closely cooperating in the strengthening of the regime of nuclear nonproliferation, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said on the results of their talks in Moscow.
At least 51 casualties including children have been reported after a historic tornado swept through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, devastating hundreds of buildings including two schools. Meteorologists reported winds up to 200 miles per hour. (VIDEO)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has announced an overhaul of Iraq's security strategy as fresh violence killed dozens of civilians and police officers. The toll for the month is approximately 366.
According to the Panamanian Coast Guard the authorities of Panama seized around 2.5 tons of cocaine off Panama's Caribbean coast near the city of Colon.
Russia is unlikely to overcome its demand for migrant labor in the coming decades, so the country needs an effective system to control migration processes, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
Russia's Black Sea fleet sent two warships to Russia's Mediterranean Task Force on Monday, stated a spokesman for the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Captain Vyacheslav Trukhachyov.
US should stop monitoring the European part of Russia using elements of anti-missile defense, analyst Valery Khomyakov, the head of the National Strategy Council think tank told the VoR.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is certain that Russia will avoid an economic crisis like the one in 2008, he told the Moscow-based daily Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.
At a time of slowing economic growth, labour market issues are becoming more apparent. Currently, experts in Russia talk of a lack of qualified specialists, a deteriorating demographic situation and complicated legislative framework as being among the key concerns to be addressed by politicians and the business community.
On Monday morning with index gains helped by a 4.4% climb for China Coal Energy, Hong Kong shares were set to start at their highest point in over a week.
A white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was filmed by a surveillance camera. (VIDEO)
In a harsh rebuttal to George Soros, the President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research Hans-Werner Sinn accused the speculator of “playing with fire” and stated that “Germany will not accept Eurobonds” in spite of the pressure from the investing community.
In an exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia, Wolf Richter talks about the ECB's desperation, the money printing bonanza of the world's central banks and about a French finance minister who is barking at the wrong tree. Wolf Richter is the editor of , entrepreneur, private equity specialist and the author of "Big Like: Cascade Into An Odyssey".
In an interview with Rossiya-24 TV channel, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Antonov said that Russia and Europe should unite for fighting against terrorism.
The Cannes International Film Festival is gaining momentum. By now more than one third of the contest program has been screened. While the jury chaired by Steven Spielberg is keeping silence as intended the leading Russian film critics are gladly sharing their impressions about the films they saw.
Oklahoma tornado kills 51, death toll expected to rise - state medical examiner's office
