Sri Lanka holds 37 over 'plot to assassinate president'
Thirty-seven people are being held in Sri Lanka in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President Mahinda R...
West 'pushing for new UN sanctions against Iran'
The US is circulating a discussion paper on possible further UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, says a ...
Hamas Gives U.N. Response to Gaza War Crimes Report
The Islamist group Hamas on Wednesday formally rejected allegations it had committed war crimes during last year's fi...
Bomb kills 20 Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq, banned Sunni candidates back in election race
A bomb killed at least 20 Shi'ite pilgrims on Wednesday as they poured into Iraq's holy city of Kerbala, triggering c...
Mideast peace talks will resume in 'coming weeks': Israeli PM
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he expects peace talks with the Palestinians ...
Iran opposition's Karroubi calls for calm anniversary
TEHRAN — Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi called on his supporters on Wednesday to peacefully participate in ...
Senior Fatah official in rare visit to Hamas-run Gaza
GAZA CITY — A senior member of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' Fatah party made a rare visit to the Hamas-run Gaz...
Italian PM vows to do "everything" to halt Iran's nuke plans
Jerusalem - Addressing Israeli fears, visiting Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday that Iranian's n...
Former British PM Tony Blair Called a Liar in Iraq Inquiry
LONDON — Only days after Tony Blair offered an impassioned defense of his decision to take Britain to war in Iraq, a ...
France refuses a citizenship over full Islamic veil
The French government has refused to grant citizenship to a foreign national on the grounds that he forced his wife t...
Europe Feels Snubbed as Obama Cancels Trip
PARIS — President Obama’s decision to skip a United States-European Union summit meeting scheduled for Madrid in May ...
North Korea designates new 'firing zones' near sea border
SEOUL — North Korea has designated another two "firing zones" near its disputed Yellow Sea border with South Korea, r...
Afghan leader seeks Saudi help with Taliban
RIYADH (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek Saudi Arabia's spiritual influence and probably its financ...
Police to probe Hong Kong feng shui master's fake will
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police said Wednesday they may investigate a feng shui master after the city's high court ruled...
Sri Lanka court extends President Rajapaksa's tenure
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ruled that President Mahinda Rajapaksa's new term will begin in November, giving him al...
Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 16 in Northwest Pakistan; Karachi Violence Continues
Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at several suspected militant hideouts in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal reg...
Aide to Sri Lanka's General Fonseka arrested over journalist murder
A senior officer in the Sri Lankan army has been arrested in connection with the murder of a top campaigning journalist.
U.N. warns of violence near food-aid locations in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The United Nations said Tuesday that complaints and violence involving the distribution of fo...
Ahmadinejad: Iran Ready to Send Enriched Uranium Abroad
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country is ready to send uranium abroad for further enrichment, in acc...
Iran Slams US Defense Missile Deployment in Gulf
Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani lashed out at U.S. plans to deploy defensive missiles in the Gulf, branding th...
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