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11:01 A.M. Lawyer: Iranian-British woman gets year in prison
A lawyer in Iran says an Iranian-British woman detained while trying to attend a men's volleyball game has been sentenced to one year in prison.
Lawyer Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei told bberitaa.blogspot.com on Sunday that a court found 25-year-old Ghoncheh Ghavami guilty of 'propagating against the ruling system.' Tabatabaei says he has been shown the text of the verdict but is still waiting to officially receive it. He declined to immediately comment further.
Ghavami was detained in June at a Tehran stadium after trying to attend a men's volleyball match between Iran and Italy. She was held for a few hours and then released but she was detained again a few days later. She stood trial last month. (AP)
10:33 A.M. Islamic State executes 67 people in western Iraq, tribal leader says
Islamic State extremists have executed 67 people from a pro-government Sunni tribe in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, a tribal leader said Sunday, the latest mass killing carried out by the militant group.
'Daesh executed last night (Saturday) 67 members of the al-Bu Nimr tribe including children and women,' Naeem al-Kaud, a senior al-Bu Nimr leader, said using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State.
He told Iraqi site Alsumaria News those executed were among 200 tribal captives held by the jihadists in the town of Ras al-Maa north of Anbar.
'The 125 others also face the threat of death,' he said.
Fighters of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, have scored a number of advances in Anbar in recent weeks, threatening to gain full control of the Sunni-populated province, which stretches from the Syrian border to the outskirts of the capital Baghdad. (DPA)
8:01 P.M. At least 11 killed as Yemen troops battle Al-Qaida
At least eight Yemeni soldiers and three suspected Al-Qaida militants died in clashes on Saturday in the town of Jabal Ras in Yemen's western Hodeidah province, local officials and residents said.
Fighting has flared in certain provinces in Yemen since the rise to dominance by Shi'ite Muslim rebels in recent months, threatening the fragile stability of a country that lies next to Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter.
Houthi forces took over Sanaa in September and fanned out into central and western Yemen, irking Sunni tribesmen and Al-Qaida militants who regard the Houthis as heretics and have stepped up their attacks. (Reuters)
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