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South Korea reports three new MERS cases, Thailand says none

South Korea reported three new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome on Sunday, bringing the total to 169 in the largest outbreak outside Saudi Arabia, but Thailand said it had no new infections. South Korea's Health Ministry late on Saturday reported the 25th fatality, a patient who had...

Al Jazeera journalist detained in Germany

Ahmed Mansour, a senior Al Jazeera Arabic TV journalist, was detained at a Berlin airport at the request of the Egyptian authorities. Mansour was arrested at Berlin's Tegel airport at 1320 GMT on Saturday as he tried to board a Qatar Airways flight from Berlin to Doha. In a phone call, Mansour...

Bin Laden son asked US for death certificate: WikiLeaks

A son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden asked the United States for a death certificate after US Navy SEALS killed him, said a letter released by WikiLeaks Thursday. The letter, stating it is from the U.S. embassy in Riyadh, is among about 70,000 documents dubbed "The Saudi Cables" the...