Suspected US drone kills 3 Yemen militants — official
Author:? Reuters Thu, 2012-05-17 05:55 ADEN, Yemen: A suspected US drone attacked a convoy of Islamist militants in eastern Yemen overnight, killing three people, a local security official said on Thursday, as Washington intensifies its ae RB metadata ID:? 1337265856732459400 read more Read more: Suspected US drone kills 3 Yemen militants — official More...
Jailed US businessman on hunger strike in Dubai
Wed, 2012-05-16 21:00 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: An American businessman jailed for more than four years in Dubai under suspicion of corruption says he has started a hunger strike to push for a trial and greater More...
Three Turkish soldiers killed in PKK clash
Author:? Ayla Jean Yackley | Reuters Thu, 2012-05-17 05:49 ISTANBUL: Three Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels near the Syrian border in southern Turkey on Thursday, the provincial governor’s More...
Plans to strike Iran ‘ready,’ says US envoy to Israel
Thu, 2012-05-17 03:45 JERUSALEM: US plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is “fully available,” the US ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with More...
S. Sudan to obtain anti-aircraft missiles
Author:? REUTERS Wed, 2012-05-16 21:00 JUBA: South Sudan will soon acquire anti-aircraft missiles to defend its territory against air attacks it says are carried out by warplanes from neighboring Sudan, the South More...
Ex-guards testify against Iraqi vice president in death squad trial
Author:? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wed, 2012-05-16 21:00 BAGHDAD: Former bodyguards for Iraq’s fugitive vice president have testified that they were ordered to kill security officials and plant roadside bombs as More...
Assad henchmen execute civilians
Author:? AGENCIES Wed, 2012-05-16 21:01 BEIRUT: At least 15 civilians were “summarily executed” by regime forces in a neighborhood of the central Syrian city of Homs overnight, the Syrian Observatory More...
Bahrain protests Iran criticism of GCC union plans
Author:? Reuters Wed, 2012-05-16 07:00 DUBAI: Bahrain has summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires to protest at what it called “gross violation of its sovereignty” in a new diplomatic row after Tehran criticized More...
Syria rebels hand monitors to UN team in Khan Sheikhoun
Wed, 2012-05-16 08:08 AMMAN/BEIRUT: Syrian rebels delivered six UN cease-fire monitors caught up in attack that killed at least 21 civilians to UN colleagues on Wednesday, a rebel commander said. Syria rebels More...
Iraqi VP’s ex-guards say they had orders to kill
Author:? SINAN SALAHEDDIN | AP Mon, 2012-05-14 21:00 BAGHDAD: Former bodyguards for Iraq’s fugitive vice president have testified that they were ordered to kill security officials and plant roadside bombs as More...