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British embassy staff to be tried in Iran
A senior Iranian cleric suggested Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest.
Iran hardliners urge Mousavi's prosecution
A group of hardline Iranian members of parliament want the judiciary to prosecute defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi over post-election unrest that rocked the Islamic Republic last month.
The Organization of American States has issued a stern ultimatum to the leaders of the military coup in Honduras. The organization gave the interim government in Honduras 72 hours to reinstate democracy or face possible suspension in a resolution ...
Iran halted the publication of a reformist party newspaper after its defeated presidential candidate, former parliament speaker Medhi Karroubi, said he would refuse to recognise Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election, its website said.
One of the "black box" flight recorders from the Yemeni plane which crashed in the Indian Ocean off the Comoros with 153 people on board has been located, the French government has said.
At least 35 people were killed in a car bombing Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, marring a national holiday declared to celebrate the departure of U.S. combat troops from the country's cities.
Bernard Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years in Prison
Lev L. Dassin, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced that Bernard L. Madof...
Iraqis celebrating as US forces pull out
Iraqi forces officially assumed control of Baghdad and other cites across the country early Tuesday, following the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from urban areas.
A passenger jet from Yemen with 153 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday as it tried to land during heavy wind on the island nation of Comoros, a Yemeni aviation official said.
Iranian officials have again declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of the nation's disputed presidential election. The powerful group that supervises Iran's elections, the Guardian Council, conducted a partial recount Monday of 10 perc...
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of killing civilians in Gaza drone attacks
Missile-firing Israeli drones unlawfully killed at least 29 Palestinian civilians during the Gaza Strip war, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
Iraq Begins Major Oil and Gas Auction
BAGHDAD — After a year in preparation, a much-heralded auction of licenses to develop Iraq’s huge oil reserves began Tuesday but seemed to run into difficulties when oil and gas companies demanded far more remuneration than the authorities were re...
British Queen faces battle over funding after spending record sums from savings
The Queen is set to face a battle with the Treasury over the funding of the Royal Household after new figures revealed the monarch drew record amounts of money from reserves this year.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called on his countrymen to revel Monday to mark the ostensible departure of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities by the end of the month -- a turning point he calls a "major victory."
Northern Ireland's paramilitaries dump arsenal
Pro-British paramilitary forces said on Saturday they had completed a major milestone in the Northern Ireland peace process by scrapping their weapons in front of independent witnesses.
Brazil's military said late Friday it had ended its search for more bodies and debris from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic nearly four weeks ago. The search for the jet's flight recorders will go on.
U.S. President Barack Obama has praised the opposition candidate in Iran's disputed presidential election. Obama said Mir Hossein Mousavi had captured the imagination of groups in Iran that were interested in opening up to the world.
Iranian President demands apology from Obama
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday called the U.S. president inexperienced, compared him unfavorably to President George W. Bush and suggested he apologize for "interfering in Iran's affairs."
Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina acknowledged Thursday that he visited his mistress in Argentina on a taxpayer-financed trade mission to South America early last summer, an admission adding another layer to a scandal that produced increasing ca...
Human Rights Watch accused Zimbabwe's armed forces, under the control of President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF, of torture and forced labour in the eastern Marange diamond fields.