Iraq
Syrian jets bomb Homs, Qaeda claims deadly ambush
Mar 11, 2013 12:10 EDT
Syrian jets bombed rebel forces attempting to recapture a keenly contested district of third city Homs on Monday, as Al-Qaeda claimed the killing of 48 government troops on Iraqi territory.
Iraq suicide bomber kills three, wounds 100
Mar 11, 2013 08:08 EDT
A suicide bomber blew up a car in northern Iraq on Monday, killing two policemen and a woman, and wounding 100 other people, many of them schoolchildren, officials said.
Syrian jets bomb Homs district
Mar 11, 2013 06:51 EDT
Syrian jets bombed Baba Amr in Homs city in a bid Monday to repulse a rebel attack on the strategic neighbourhood, a watchdog said, as Al-Qaeda claimed the killing of 48 Syrian soldiers on Iraqi territory.
Qaeda claims killing of 48 Syrian soldiers in Iraq
Mar 11, 2013 04:02 EDT
Al-Qaeda front group the Islamic State of Iraq claimed an attack on a convoy in west Iraq that killed 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards, in a statement posted on jihadist forums on Monday.
Syria rebels to soldier on 'until Assad gone'
Mar 10, 2013 15:03 EDT
On top of a building in Syria's war-devastated eastern city of Deir Ezzor, rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad have hanged a toy stuffed lion by the neck.
Gunmen kill protest organiser in north Iraq
Mar 10, 2013 13:18 EDT
Gunmen killed an anti-government protest organiser in north Iraq on Sunday, while a city council member and a farmer were shot dead in other attacks, police and doctors said.
Syrian refugees may double or triple this year: UN
Mar 10, 2013 10:13 EDT
The number of Syrian refugees, already past the million mark, could double or triple by the end of the year if no solution is found to the conflict, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said Sunday.
Hollywood liberals hail Chavez, in defiant tradition
Mar 09, 2013 08:24 EST
Sean Penn sat grim-faced at Hugo Chavez's funeral on Friday -- one of a clutch of Hollywood stars who lionized the late Venezuelan leader, in defiance of America's fierce antipathy to his regime.
Iraq minister quits after protester killed
Mar 08, 2013 13:26 EST
Iraqi Agriculture Minister Ezzedine al-Dawleh resigned on Friday after a protester was killed in the north, the second minister from the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc to quit this month.
Gunmen kill five Iraqi anti-Qaeda fighters
Mar 08, 2013 10:39 EST
Gunmen attacked a checkpoint on Friday near Samarra, north of Baghdad, killing five anti-Qaeda fighters and wounding two others, a police lieutenant colonel and a doctor said.
Iraq security forces kill protester: activists
Mar 08, 2013 10:05 EST
Iraqi security forces fired on anti-government protesters in the main northern city of Mosul on Friday, killing at least one of them, activists said.
Psychologist lashes Australia army 'neglect' of abuse
Mar 08, 2013 00:40 EST
A senior army psychologist responsible for the mental health of Australia's deployed soldiers has accused the defence force of being more focused on covering up abuse cases than helping victims.
Army psychologist lashes Australia 'neglect' of abuse victims
Mar 07, 2013 21:16 EST
A senior army psychologist responsible for the mental health of Australia's deployed soldiers has accused the defence force of being more focused on covering up abuse cases than helping victims.
Amano wins second IAEA term, this time easily
Mar 07, 2013 01:10 EST
It is a testament to Yukiya Amano's success as head of the UN atomic agency that unlike his appointment in 2009, securing a second term was a formality.
Amano wins second IAEA term, this time easily
Mar 06, 2013 22:02 EST
It is a testament to Yukiya Amano's success as head of the UN atomic agency that unlike his appointment in 2009, securing a second term was a formality.
US wasted billions in Iraq with few results: inspector
Mar 06, 2013 14:31 EST
After invading Iraq ten years ago, the United States spent $60 billion on a vast reconstruction effort that left behind few successes and a litany of failures, an auditor's report said Wednesday.
Iraqi Chaldeans enthrone new patriarch
Mar 06, 2013 14:29 EST
Archbishop Louis Sako was enthroned on Wednesday as the new patriarch of the Iraq-based Chaldean Church during a mass in Baghdad broadcast on national television.
ExxonMobil to spend more to reverse output decline
Mar 06, 2013 13:11 EST
US oil giant ExxonMobil Wednesday outlined a massive capital spending program to boost production growth over the next five years in a bid to reverse recent output declines.
IAEA chief Amano sails into second term
Mar 06, 2013 12:20 EST
The UN atomic agency's board of governors on Wednesday approved giving Japanese director general Yukiya Amano a new four-year term without even resorting to a vote.
10 years on, Blix warns on repeating Iraq scenario
Mar 06, 2013 09:20 EST
Ten years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, ex-UN inspector Hans Blix has urged world powers to avoid committing the same error by going to war against Iran based on fears it is developing nuclear weapons.
