Iran
Bahrain steps up pressure on Shiite 'plotters'
Sep 05, 2010 15:09 EDT
Bahrain steps up crackdown on restive Shiite opposition, threatening democratic reform push. What began last month with the arrest of an opposition leader in Bahrain has mushroomed into a full-blown political offensive in the tiny Gulf nation with big fault lines: U.S.-allied Sunni rulers against members of a Shiite majority being cast as coup plotters who could open the door to Iranian influence.
Coach K pleased, but US faces higher expectations
Sep 05, 2010 14:42 EDT
Krzyzewski satisfied with his team, but Americans know more is expected of them. Those predicting that the United States will fall short of a world championship are focusing on the back of the jerseys.
Attack on Iran would destroy Israel: Ahmadinejad
Sep 05, 2010 14:27 EDT
DOHA (Reuters) - Any attack on Iran would lead to the destruction of Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a visit to the Gulf Arab state of Qatar on Sunday.
Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case 'brutal'
Sep 05, 2010 13:04 EDT
Vatican decries stoning as brutal punishment, hints at help in adultery case of Iranian woman. The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery.
Hit on Iran would spell Israel's 'eradication': Ahmadinejad
Sep 05, 2010 12:38 EDT
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme, during a visit to Qatar on Sunday, because any such action would result in Israel's destruction.
Iran attack would see Israel's 'eradication': Ahmadinejad
Sep 05, 2010 11:48 EDT
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday during a visit to the Gulf state of Qatar that any attack on the Islamic republic will result in the destruction of Israel.
Vatican says in touch with Iran over stoning case
Sep 05, 2010 11:21 EDT
The Vatican said on Sunday it was in contact with Tehran over the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery amid a global diplomatic push for clemency.
Israel's Barak to make 24-hour visit to Russia
Sep 05, 2010 11:13 EDT
Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak was to travel to Moscow late on Sunday for a brief visit to hold talks with senior Russian officials, his office said.
Blair warns over deep-rooted radical Islam
Sep 05, 2010 11:03 EDT
Former prime minister Tony Blair warned on Sunday that the roots of radical Islam were far deeper than we think and said Al-Qaeda would have killed 300,000 on September 11, 2001 if they could.
Vatican says in touch with Iran over stoning case
Sep 05, 2010 11:01 EDT
The Vatican said on Sunday it was in contact with Tehran over the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery amid a global diplomatic push for clemency.
Most UAE banks stop transfers to Iran after sanctions
Sep 05, 2010 10:29 EDT
Most banks in the United Arab Emirates, an important trading partner for Iran, have stopped money transfers there after the latest round of sanctions on the Islamic republic, bankers said on Sunday.
Iran's Ahmadinejad visits Qatar
Sep 05, 2010 10:20 EDT
The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Qatar on Sunday for a brief visit to its Gulf ally, QNA state news agency reported.
Vatican says in touch with Iran over stoning case
Sep 05, 2010 09:40 EDT
The Vatican said Sunday it was in touch with Tehran "through diplomatic channels" over the controversy surrounding the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
Israel's Barak to make 24-hour visit to Russia
Sep 05, 2010 03:37 EDT
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak was to travel to Moscow late on Sunday for talks with senior officials, his spokesman said.
Sunni and Shiite Iraqi journalists talk about war
Sep 05, 2010 00:01 EDT
Kidnappings, bombs, death threats: Two Iraqi journalists, Sunni and Shiite, talk about the war. As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and one Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and record the war. The accounts are translated and edited.
Shoes, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin
Sep 04, 2010 23:43 EDT
Anti-war protesters, and hurled shoes, greet Tony Blair at Dublin signing of his memoir. Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed ? evidence that the divisions left by Blair's decade as British leader have yet to heal.
Palestinian Authority lashes out at Ahmadinejad over remarks
Sep 04, 2010 17:38 EDT
The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Israel: Explosions occurred at Hezbollah depot
Sep 04, 2010 15:55 EDT
Israel's military says explosions in southern Lebanon occurred at Hezbollah weapons depot. Israel's military said Saturday that surveillance footage from drones shows that the explosions that rocked a village in southern Lebanon this week occurred at a residential building used by Hezbollah as a weapons depot.
Iran troops kill four Kurdish rebels: report
Sep 04, 2010 13:16 EDT
Iranian security forces have killed four members of an outlawed Kurdish group in the western province of Kordestan, the hardline Kayhan newspaper reported on Saturday.
US says no decision to withdraw weapons though Turkey
Sep 04, 2010 13:09 EDT
The United States has no intention of pulling out heavy equipment and weapons from Iraq through Turkey, the country's top commander said Saturday.
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