BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces fired shells at a central city that has come to symbolize the anti-government uprising Monday, activists said, while the country’s

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s interior minister gave final authorization to build 1,600 apartments in disputed east Jerusalem and will approve 2,700 more in days, officials

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s latest war games have featured the predictable blaze of missile tests and an unexpected peek at underground launch silos. There’s

KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait’s parliament speaker has suspended sessions after a fight broke out among Sunni and Shiite lawmakers during a debate about Kuwaitis being

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – The United Arab Emirates detained five activists, who all signed a pro-democracy petition last month, on accusations of “opposing

CAIRO – At least 846 Egyptians died in the nearly three-week-long popular uprising that toppled long-serving President Hosni Mubarak and electrified the region, a government

GENEVA — A United Nations panel says Arabs, Kurds and other minorities in Iran face discrimination because of their ethnicity. The U.N. Committee on the

 Iran is prepared to sell weapons to Lebanon if Beirut asks for help in equipping its military, Iran’s defense minister said Wednesday. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi’s

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian nuclear scientist who returned home last week from the United States provided valuable information about the CIA, a semiofficial news

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that the U.S. is a “dictatorship” as it tries to control world affairs. Ahmadinejad made the comments Wednesday night during

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday the Obama administration has concluded that the best way to pressure Iran to come clean on its

American officials said Thursday that Iran’s latest proposal for talks with the West falls well short of satisfying international demands that it detail its nuclear

Security forces arrested Kian Tajbakhsh late Thursday, a family member told The Associated Press. The relative was in contact with Tajbakhsh’s wife, who witnessed the

The BBC said Friday it is using two extra satellites to broadcast its Farsi-language service after days of jamming it blamed on Iran, as several

NEW YORK (AP) — The arrest of four Muslim ex-convicts in an alleged homegrown terror plot in the Bronx is renewing fears about the spread

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Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a stoning death sentence for a woman convicted of adultery in the southern city of Shiraz, an independent newspaper reported Saturday.

Sudanese government forces attacked one of Darfur’s largest refugee camps at dawn Monday, killing dozens of civilians, according to rebels and a witness in the

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — A passenger jet carrying 90 people, including a Kyrgyz high school basketball team, crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday near Kyrgyzstan’s capital,

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union tightened trade sanctions against Iran on Friday to punish Tehran for not committing to a long-standing demand of the

WASHINGTON – President Bush’s motorcade will speed through European capitals next week, but for many Europeans, the Bush presidency is already in their rearview mirrors.

A silk Persian rug dating from the 16th century or 17th century has sold for a record $4.45 million at auction, or about $729.87 per