Khamenei endorses Ahmadinejad as Iran president: TV
2009-08-03 15:54:43
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president on Monday against the backdrop of opposition leaders' outcry for investigating the disputed presidential elections in June.
Israelis rally after 2 murdered at gay center
2009-08-03 08:59:50
Reeling from the worst attack ever aimed at homosexuals in Israel, members of the country's gay community and their supporters rallied Sunday in the heart of Tel Aviv a day after a masked gunman killed two people at a center for gay youth and escaped.
Iraq's Kurds and Arabs struggle to defuse tensions
2009-08-03 07:01:21
Iraq's prime minister headed north Sunday to the self-ruled Kurdish region to defuse rising tensions and address a range of disputes that have poisoned relations and threatened to become a new source of the conflict for the battered country as U.S. forces increasingly disengage.
Iraq: Ex-Saddam aide gets 7 years in Kurdish case
2009-08-03 06:51:18
One of Saddam Hussein's best-known lieutenants was convicted Sunday of helping to plan the forced displacement of Kurds from northeastern Iraq and sentenced to seven years in jail.
Former Iranian president calls trial a sham
2009-08-02 15:57:17
Iran's former reformist President Mohammad Khatami has criticized the country's first trial of activists and protesters following the disputed presidential election as a sham.
3 killed, 11 injured in Tel Aviv gay club shooting
2009-08-02 08:40:40
A gunman entered a youth club for gay teens in central Tel Aviv Saturday night and sprayed the interior with automatic rifle fire, killing three people and injuring 11.
Report: 3 US hikers arrested in Iran
2009-08-01 05:54:08
The US is investigating reports that three US tourists have been detained by Iranians while hiking near the border in the Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
Ahmadinejad: No rift with supreme leader
2009-07-31 22:32:38
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday said that there were no discord between him and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Police: 28 killed in bombings near Baghdad mosques
2009-07-31 21:19:13
Bombs exploded near five Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killing at least 28 people, in an apparent coordinated attack that targeted worshippers leaving Friday prayers, Iraqi police and hospital officials said.
US hopeful about exit after a quiet July in Iraq
2009-07-31 09:32:58
July is on track to be the least deadly month for American troops and one of the quietest for Iraqis since the war started, a decline in violence that has led the US to consider stepping up its withdrawal plans just a month after pulling its combat forces back from Baghdad and other cities.
Bombs kill 12 in north and west Iraq
2009-07-31 03:03:50
Twelve people were killed by bombings in northern and western Iraq on Thursday, including seven in a building used by a Sunni-backed political group in Diyala province, said police.
Gaza children seek Guinness kite record
2009-07-31 01:14:21
Palestinian children in the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday tried to break the world record by flying self-made kites simultaneously.