Iran says expects Russian missiles within 2 months
2009-11-28 00:35:35
Iran expects Russia to deliver powerful S-300 air-defence missile systems within two months despite fierce objections from the United States and Israel, Tehran's ambassador to Moscow said on Friday.
IAEA passes resolution to censure Iran
2009-11-27 19:47:16
The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body voted overwhelmingly on Friday to censure Iran for developing a uranium enrichment site in secret, and demanded it freeze the project immediately.
Dubai rushes to ease debt default fears
2009-11-27 15:50:48
Dubai struggled to ease fears of debt default on Thursday after its move to delay repayments at two flagship firms shook confidence in the Middle East as a centre for investment and a source of capital.
Two million Muslims prepare to stone devil at haj
2009-11-27 09:53:36
Some two million Muslims headed to Muzdalifa on Thursday after spending the day at the plain of Arafat to prepare to cast stones at the devil in the most dangerous part of the annual haj pilgrimage.
IAEA: Iran investigation at 'dead end'
2009-11-27 07:01:35
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said his probe of Iran's nuclear program is at "a dead end" and that trust in Tehran's credibility is shrinking.
Muslims make annual haj pilgrimage to Mecca
2009-11-26 16:43:53
More than two million Muslims gather this week for the annual haj pilgrimage to Islam's holy city of Mecca. The haj is one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion and a duty for Muslims who can perform it.
No Saddam-al-Qaida link, Britons say
2009-11-26 06:44:52
British Foreign Ministry officials told the Iraq inquiry public hearings on Wednesday that they believed former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons may have been dismantled, Britain's Sky News reported.
Iran: US deceived Iran in nuke proposal
2009-11-25 22:27:53
Iran's Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani said Wednesday that the United States wanted to deceive Iran in a nuclear proposal, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Gunmen slaughter 6 in north of Baghdad
2009-11-25 21:15:33
Gunmen in military uniforms killed six civilians from one family, including three women, in a town in north of Baghdad on Wednesday, a local police source said.
Iran demands guarantees for nuke deal
2009-11-24 19:58:12
Iran is not opposed to sending low- enriched uranium abroad, but demands 100 percent guarantees for a nuclear fuel deal, a spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Iran said ready for uranium exchange on its soil
2009-11-24 17:27:06
Iran's Foreign Ministry says the country is ready to exchange its low-enriched uranium with a higher enriched one, but only on its own soil.
Disputes may delay Iraqi election
2009-11-24 07:57:42
Iraq's parliament failed to produce an election law acceptable to minority Sunni Arabs, prompting US to say that nationwide balloting "might slip" to a later date.