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Iran unveils drone aircraft to counter "aggressors"

Iran unveils drone aircraft to counter "aggressors"

Iran unveiled a prototype long-range unmanned bomber on Sunday, the latest in a stream of announcements of new Iranian-made military hardware as tension mounts over its nuclear program.

Iran unveils drone aircraft to counter "aggressors"
First US soldier killed in Iraq since withdrawal of combat troops
First US soldier killed in Iraq since withdrawal of combat troops
An American soldier was killed by a rocket strike near Basra today, in the first US fatality since the last combat troops left Iraq.
Iran starts nuclear reactor, says intent peaceful
Iran starts nuclear reactor, says intent peaceful
Trucks rumbled into Iran's first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a symbol of the country's peaceful intentions to produce nuclear energy as well as a triumph over Western pressure ...
'Al-Qaida prepares for Israel-Iran war'
'Al-Qaida prepares for Israel-Iran war'
Al-Qaida is ready to exploit a war "by the Jews against Iran," the Sunni group's second-in-command in Yemen, Saeed al-Shehri, said in an audio message this month, according to the Daily Beast.
Despite new mission, US troops still in the fight in Iraq
Despite new mission, US troops still in the fight in Iraq
US troops will still be in combat and taking on Islamist militants in Iraq even as the American military moves to an "advise and assist" role with a smaller force, officials said Thursday.
U.S. Assures Israel That Iran Threat Is Not Imminent
U.S. Assures Israel That Iran Threat Is Not Imminent
The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued troubles inside Iran’s nuclear program, has persuaded Israel that it would take roughly a year — and perhaps longer — for Iran to complete what one senior official called a “dash” for a nuclear weapon, ...
Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment
Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment
A Saudi judge has asked several hospitals in the country whether they could damage a man's spinal cord as punishment after he was convicted of attacking another man with a cleaver and paralyzing him, the brother of the victim said Thursday.
War is over: Last U.S. combat troops leave Iraq; 50,000 remain as advisers
War is over: Last U.S. combat troops leave Iraq; 50,000 remain as advisers
The last American combat troops left Iraq on Wednesday, battling no more than civilian traffic on potentially hostile desert roads en route to safe haven in Kuwait.
Iran unveils drone aircraft to counter "aggressors"
Iran unveils drone aircraft to counter "aggressors"
Iran unveiled a prototype long-range unmanned bomber on Sunday, the latest in a stream of announcements of new Iranian-made military hardware as tension mounts over its nuclear program.

John Bolton: 'Israel has days to strike Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor'

John Bolton: 'Israel has days to strike Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor'

Israel has only mere days to launch an attack on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor if Russia makes good on its plan to d...

John Bolton: 'Israel has days to strike Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor'

Iranian fighter jet crashes near nuclear plant

Iranian fighter jet crashes near nuclear plant

An Iranian fighter jet crashed Tuesday in southern Iran near the country's nuclear power plant that is to start up ov...

Iranian fighter jet crashes near nuclear plant

Suicide bomber targets Iraqi army recruits, at least 60 killed, 125 wounded in gruesome blast

Victims of Tuesday's suicide blast near an army recruitment center in Baghdad await help at a hospital.

The U.S. military may be preparing to leave Iraq, but the deadly violence will likely remain. A suicide bomber killed...

Suicide bomber targets Iraqi army recruits, at least 60 killed, 125 wounded in gruesome blast

On Facebook: Israeli soldier posed with bound Arab [PHOTO]

On Facebook: Israeli soldier posed with bound Arab [PHOTO]

A former Israeli soldier posted photos on Facebook of herself in uniform smiling beside bound and blindfolded Palesti...

On Facebook: Israeli soldier posed with bound Arab [PHOTO]

Iran warns 'we have dug mass graves for your soldiers' in response to U.S. attack threat

Iran warns 'we have dug mass graves for your soldiers' in response to U.S. attack threat

Iran has dug mass graves in which to bury U.S. troops in case of any American attack on the country, a commander of t...

Iran warns 'we have dug mass graves for your soldiers' in response to U.S. attack threat

Fears of al–Qaida return in Iraq as US–backed fighters defect

Fears of al–Qaida return in Iraq as US–backed fighters defect

Al-Qaida is attempting to make a comeback in Iraq by enticing scores of former Sunni allies to rejoin the terrorist g...

Fears of al–Qaida return in Iraq as US–backed fighters defect

Former US Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala Detained at Tel Aviv Airport

Prof. Donna Shalala

Prof. Donna Shalala, Clinton's secretary of health, arrives in Israel in order to fight academic boycott against Isra...

Former US Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala Detained at Tel Aviv Airport

Ahmadinejad says Iran building three-stage rocket

Ahmadinejad says Iran building three-stage rocket

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran is working on a three-stage rocket to carry a satellite 1,000 kilometres (mor...

Ahmadinejad says Iran building three-stage rocket

Tariq Aziz: 'Britain and the US killed Iraq. I wish I was martyred'

The old days … Tariq Aziz with Saddam Hussein. ‘I will not speak against Saddam until I am a free man,’ said Aziz. ‘When I can write the truth I can even speak against my best friend’

Tariq Aziz is slumped on a tattered brown sofa seat cradling his walking stick and cigarettes, his gaunt face topped,...

Tariq Aziz: 'Britain and the US killed Iraq. I wish I was martyred'

Iran's Ahmadinejad calls for TV debate with Obama

Iran's Ahmadinejad calls for TV debate with Obama

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday to face him in a televised one-...

Iran's Ahmadinejad calls for TV debate with Obama

Israel fears Turks could pass its secrets to Iran

Ehud Barak

Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak has voiced concern that once-stalwart ally Turkey could share Israeli intelligen...

Israel fears Turks could pass its secrets to Iran

Five rockets fired towards Israel, Jordan resorts

Five rockets fired towards Israel, Jordan resorts

Israel and Jordan launched a joint investigation on Monday into a string of Katyusha rocket attacks from Egypt, aimed...

Five rockets fired towards Israel, Jordan resorts
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