Middle East News

Iran releases 3 journalists jailed during rallies

AP - 2 hours 21 minutes ago

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposition street demonstrations this week, the country's official news agency reported. More »

  • Iran to reject UN-brokered nuclear plan: leading MP

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran has decided to reject proposals from major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament said on Saturday, in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its atomic ambitions.

  • Lebanon's Hariri set to form government with Hezbollah

    Reuters - Sunday, November 8

    By Laila Bassam

  • NATO strike kills 7 Afghan security personnel: government

    NATO strike kills 7 Afghan security personnel: government

    AFP - 2 hours 9 minutes ago

    KABUL (AFP) - - Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest of the country, the defence ministry said Saturday.

  • A general view of the Lebanese parliament. Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, is preparing to announce a new government after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.

    Lebanon's Hariri to announce new govt

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    BEIRUT (AFP) - - Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri was preparing to announce a new government on Saturday after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.

  • Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    TEHRAN, Iran - Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether.

  • A US medic treats an injured Afghan soldier in the helicopter during transportation to a hospital in Kandahar, on November 4. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, according to NATO.

    Twenty-five troops hurt as Afghan search continues

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    KABUL (AFP) - - A search for two US soldiers missing in northwest Afghanistan continued after 25 soldiers were wounded in what one Western official said may have been a friendly-fire incident during the hunt.

  • File picture taken inside the control room of the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities, south of Tehran. Iran is refusing to send its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the influential head of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee was quoted as saying on Saturday

    Iran refuses to send enriched uranium abroad: MP

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran is refusing to send its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the influential head of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee was quoted as saying on Saturday.

  • UN urges Karzai to fight corruption

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.

  • Iraq again seeks international bombing probe

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    UNITED NATIONS - Iraq's foreign minister has reiterated his country's request for a high-level international envoy to investigate the extent of foreign involvement in recent bombings of government institutions.

  • Iranians linked to banned drone videos in Darfur - U.N.

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    By Louis Charbonneau

  • Canada plans Afghan withdrawal

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    TORONTO - Canada has begun preparations to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2011.

  • Israel kept mum on Friday on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' announcement that he would not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is keen on the moderate remaining in office.

    Israel keen to see Abbas stay on

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - - Israel is keen on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas staying in office despite his announcement he will not seek re-election, officials said Friday.

  • NATO soldiers missing in Afghanistan drowned: police

    NATO soldiers missing in Afghanistan drowned: police

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    KABUL (AFP) - - Two NATO soldiers who went missing in northwest Afghanistan two days ago died by drowning, an Afghan police official said on Friday, explaining that the deaths appeared accidental.

  • Yemeni rebels say holding Saudi soldiers

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemen's Shi'ite rebels said they had captured some Saudi soldiers on Friday, after Riyadh said it would press on with its offensive until it had cleared them from its territory.

  • Detail of the memorial stone for Jewish girl Anne Frank, author of

    Anne Frank diary offends Lebanon's Hezbollah

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    BEIRUT (AFP) - - Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah claiming the classic work promotes Zionism.

  • Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul last year, has warned that the West could withdraw support for Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations in his second term in power.

    Karzai could lose West's support, Brown warns

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    LONDON (AFP) - - The West could withdraw support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations during his second term, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned on Friday.

  • Iraqi kidnappings unabated even as violence eases

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    By Aseel Kami

  • Israel rejects UN vote approving Gaza report

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    JERUSALEM - Israel said on Friday that a U.N. General Assembly decision to endorse a report accusing the Jewish state of war crimes lacked the support of the world's "moral majority."

  • Taliban turns screws on UN in Afghanistan

    Taliban turns screws on UN in Afghanistan

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    KABUL (AFP) - - The Taliban on Friday levelled a stinging verbal attack on the United Nations, which is relocating 600 foreign staff in Afghanistan after the militia attacked one of its guesthouses in Kabul.

1 2