KARBALA, Abdelamir Hanoun- Iraqi security forces said Sunday they defused nine bombs as millions completed the annual Ashura rituals in Shiite shrine cities, free of the massive attacks that have...

JERUSALEM- Human Rights Watch on Saturday accused Israel and Hamas of failing to take punitive action against members of their own forces accused of atrocities during Israel's war on Gaza a year...

KARBALA, Abdelamir Hanoun- Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims descended on Iraq's holy shrine city of Karbala on Saturday for the climax of Ashura commemorations, despite fears of violent...

BEIJING, Marianne Barriaux- A Beijing court on Friday sentenced leading dissident Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for subversion, prompting the United States to accuse China of persecuting its...

TEHRAN- Osama bin Laden's daughter who has taken refuge at the Saudi mission in Tehran is free to leave Iran once her identity is confirmed, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was quoted as saying...

JERUSALEM, Patrick Moser - Israeli opposition leader and former foreign minister Tzipi Livni on Friday mulled an invitation to join the government, though the premier himself was reportedly doubtful...

JERUSALEM- An Israeli settler was shot dead on Thursday when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in the West Bank, medics and police said. The man in his 40s was found shot in the head...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - The White House on Thursday reiterated its support for Yemeni authorities after Yemeni aircraft killed 34 suspected Al-Qaeda members. The dawn raid in a remote mountainous...

DAMASCUS - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday accused Israel for logjamming peace talks and called for renewed Turkish mediation between his country and Israel. "Israel is the main...