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The Middle East is the world's foremost oil-producing region and a major centre for maritime trade.

There have now been five consecutive nights of ongoing violence and disorder on the streets of Northern Ireland, with Ballymena at the focus of the unrest following a serious sexual assault on a teenage girl in the town on 7 June.

David Beckham has called it "truly humbling" and an "emotional moment" to be made a knight in the King's Birthday Honours.

Families just want the bodies of their loved ones.

Members of the Royal Family will wear black armbands "as a mark of respect" to those involved in the Air India crash at tomorrow's Trooping the Colour parade.

Two men have been jailed for their roles in the theft of a £4.75m gold toilet from Blenheim Palace.

Iran claims it has shot down two Israeli jets and that its response to Friday night's attacks on nuclear and military infrastructure has begun.

Finger jabbing, the frenetic shaking of heads and the competitively loud chanting to drown out the opposition are all symptoms of rising tensions. 

Seven men have been found guilty of using two teenage girls as "sex slaves" in Rochdale.

A man motivated by anti-government ideology has been jailed for life for attempting to murder an officer during an attack on a police station in South Wales.