NY meetings open to avert Palestinian crisis
2011-09-19 11:13:29
A last-ditch international push began in New York on Sunday to try to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and avert a crisis over Palestinian statehood at the United Nations.
26 protesters killed in Yemen
2011-09-19 09:49:17
The Yemeni government forces clashed Sunday with the defected army, which claimed to have been protecting anti-government protests after opening fire on a march of tens of thousands of protesters.
Iran ups criticism of Turkey over NATO missile shield
2011-09-18 19:34:23
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said Sunday that Turkey's move to deploy NATO's missile shield system on its soil is "not right decision," the state-owned IRNA news agency reported.
49 insurgents killed: Afghan govt says
2011-09-18 19:04:20
Afghan Interior Ministry said Sunday that 49 anti-government militants have been killed, six injured and 25 other made captive over the past 24 hours across the militancy-hit country.
31 killed, 50 injured in suicide blast in Pakistan
2011-09-15 21:16:58
At least 20 people were killed and some 50 others injured when a suicide bomber hit a funeral in Pakistan's northwest district of Lower Dir on Thursday afternoon, local Urdu TV channel Geo reported.
Israel withdraws ambassador to Jordan
2011-09-15 14:48:22
Israel has temporarily withdrawn its ambassador to Jordan over fears of violent demonstrations against its embassy in Amman, Israeli diplomatic sources said on Thursday.
27 killed as Taliban's Kabul siege ends
2011-09-15 07:23:20
A marathon siege in Kabul's diplomatic enclave ended on Wednesday morning with the death of the last two of a group of gunmen who had held off Western and Afghan security forces for nearly 20 hours, showering rockets on Western embassies in a dramatic show of insurgent strength
Iran denies plans to release US hikers
2011-09-15 07:04:20
Iran's Judiciary refuted on Wednesday the recent media reports on the imminent release of two American hikers that were convicted of illegal entry into Iran and of espionage charges, the local satellite Press TV reported.
11 people killed in car bomb in south of Baghdad
2011-09-14 16:47:07
Up to 11 people were killed and some 41 injured Wednesday in a car bomb explosion in a town near the city of Hilla, some 110 km south of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
Bomb kills 15 Iraqi soldiers
2011-09-14 15:37:49
A bomb attached to a military bus killed 15 Iraqi soldiers and wounded 20 others when it went off in western Iraq on Wednesday, army sources said.
Iran TV bans shirtless men
2011-09-14 09:27:53
Iran has banned TV programs showing half-naked men and love triangles, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday.
Turkish PM backs Palestinian UN bid
2011-09-14 08:59:19
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told Arab states on Tuesday it was time to raise the Palestinian flag at the United Nations and accused Israel of obstructing peace in the Middle East.