BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraq’s ruling Shiite Islamist parties struck a last-minute deal to patch up differences on Thursday and agreed to register as a united bloc for December 15 polls where they face a new Sunni Arab alliance. But in a flare-up likely to fuel mistrust between Iraq’s two main …

Israel launched missile strikes in Gaza on Tuesday, targeting buildings it said were used by fighters in response to renewed Palestinian rocket attacks on the Jewish state. The flare-up of violence — one of the worst since Israel quit the Gaza Strip last month — followed Israel’s killing of a …

VIENNA (AFP) — The United States and the European Union will hold off taking Iran before the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme until they get Russia to back them and may even allow Tehran to do some nuclear fuel work, diplomats told AFP. “If the Russians don’t come …

BAGHDAD — Saddam Hussein sat in the dock last Wednesday in the building which once housed the national and international headquarters of his Baath Party in Baghdad, looked up at the senior judge on the bench, and paused for a beat or two before answering his question. “I’ve said what …

WASHINGTON — Three women sharing a hunger, not for fast food, but peace, chatted away in a food court at Washington’s ornate Union Station Monday — completely ignored in the rush of travellers grabbing a lunchtime snack. But their gathering was poignant, and remarkable, because as each one admitted, it …

Beirut, Oct.24 (SANA)- Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saleem al-Hoss has warned against allowing any foreign party to exploit the report of the international investigation committee concerning the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri to torpedo foundation of relations with Syria.

The Iranian International Expert and Chairman of Eurosweek institution for studies in London Berzou Moujtahed Zada said Monday that report of the International investigation committee on the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik al-Hariri raised the astonishment and where it agrees with America and Israel’s accusations against Syria. Iranian news …

Hundreds of Thousands of Damascene took to the streets in a demonstration to protest the international report on the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and support of Syria ‘s stances. The participants raised President Bashar al-Assad’s photos and banners that voice the firm national unity in facing …

Arta tergiversarii Indulcirea tonului autoritatilor siriene survine intr-un moment extrem de delicat. Concluziile raportului urmeaza a fi discutate maine in Consiliul de Securitate al ONU, care va dezbate si ce masuri punitive se impun. Statele Unite au sustinut aplicarea unor sanctiuni economice, insa, dupa cat se pare, Consiliul s-ar putea …

Prezenta unor baze militare americane pe teritoriul Romaniei este aproape certa. Presedintele Traian Basescu a discutat despre acest subiect duminica, la Palatul Cotroceni, cu consilierul pentru securitate nationala al presedintelui SUA, Stephen Hadley (foto). Bazele militare americane ar putea fi instalate, in curand, la Babadag, Constanta sau chiar la Fetesti, …