Suicide bomber in west Iraq kills 7, wounds 16
2009-09-07 15:54:38
A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a police checkpoint just outside the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Monday, killing seven people and wounding 16, police said.
UN nuclear agency to discuss Iran, Syria
2009-09-07 14:33:07
The International Atomic Energy Agency meets Monday for talks that will likely center on the U.N. watchdog's deadlocked nuclear probes of Iran and Syria.
Israel: Deal with US on settlements near
2009-09-07 09:24:23
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday his country is likely to clinch a deal with the United States later this week over the settlement activities in the West Bank, local daily Ha'aretz reported.
Pakistan kills 43 militants in strikes
2009-09-05 20:32:23
Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships killed about 43 militants on Saturday in attacks on hideouts in the northwestern Khyber Pass region, a spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps said.
Parkistan:30 suspected militants killed in Khyber
2009-09-05 19:16:50
Pakistani troops killed 30 suspected militants and destroyed one of their bases in an ongoing operation in the northwestern Khyber tribal region, authorities said Saturday.
Iraq sends thousands more police to Syrian border
2009-09-05 06:01:03
Iraq has deployed thousands of reinforcements along its border with Syria to prevent insurgents from crossing the desert frontier, as the government said Friday it has provided Syria with evidence linking Iraqis there to bombings.
Iran's new oil minister to attend OPEC meet
2009-09-04 20:52:37
New Iranian Oil Minister Massoud Mirkazemi will attend OPEC's next meeting in Vienna on September 9, the country's representative to the producer group was quoted Friday.
Iraq accuses Syria of harboring armed groups
2009-09-04 04:37:25
Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that Syria was sheltering armed groups wanted for cross-border attacks, forcing him to appeal to the United Nations for help in stopping what he called a hostile act.
Iran assembly approves most of hard-line Cabinet
2009-09-04 02:48:49
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received a broad mandate Thursday as parliament backed his main Cabinet choices _ naming the first woman minister since the 1979 Islamic Revolution but showing international defiance by supporting a suspected mastermind in the bombing of an Argentine Jewish center that killed 85 people.
Iran ready for sanctions: president
2009-09-03 20:18:27
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday said his country welcomes sanctions and "We can manage ourselves."
World powers press Iran to talk before UN meeting
2009-09-03 08:03:22
World powers pressed Iran on Wednesday to meet them for talks on its disputed nuclear programme before a United Nations General Assembly meeting later this month.
UK says it has been given remains in Iraq
2009-09-03 03:58:42
The remains of one of five British hostages have been handed over to British authorities in Baghdad, Iraqi officials said Wednesday. The British government said it had received remains but had yet to determine their identity.