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New UN, international efforts to engage Iran
International officials pursued a two-pronged effort Wednesday to engage Iran over concerns the country may have worked on nuclear weapons, with a U.N
China's party paper falls for Onion joke about Kim
The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the "Sexiest Man ...
Israel, militants begin talks on truce details
Israel and Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip began indirect talks Monday in Egypt aimed at forging a new era of relations between the bitter ...
Iran's Ahmadinejad ridicules expense of US vote
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ridiculed the expense of the U.S. election, mocking it as a "battleground for capitalists" while speaking at a ...
Iran hikes domestic airfares by up to 70 percent
Iranian local airlines have increased their airfares by up to 70 percent amid Western sanctions on the oil and banking system, the official IRNA news ...
9 Iranian female prisoners go on hunger strike
At least nine Iranian women political prisoners have gone on a hunger strike to protest snap body searches and abuse by prison guards at the main ...
German lawmakers hope to push Iran on human rights
Three German lawmakers are planning to travel to Iran later this week to discuss with officials the "striking human rights abuses" in the country, one ...
Airstrikes in northern Syria kill at least 43
Syrian warplanes hammered a strategic city captured by rebels, leaving behind scenes of carnage captured Thursday on amateur videos that showed a man ...
Syria conflict deepens sectarian rifts in Lebanon
This Lebanese border town has become a safe haven for war-weary Syrian rebels, a way station for wounded fighters and home to hundreds of frightened ...
Iran leader calls Netanyahu's bomb prop 'childish'
Iran's president sneered on Tuesday at Israeli's presentation at the United Nations last week, calling the cartoon-style drawing of a bomb held up by ...
UN troubled by Iran 'clampdown' on freedom, rights
The U.N. human rights office says it is deeply worried that Iran is cracking down on human rights activists, lawyers and journalists. Rupert Colville, ...
Iran: Reuters chief convicted in 'ninja' dispute
A special media court found the Tehran bureau chief of the Thomson Reuters news agency guilty Sunday of "spreading lies" against the Islamic system ...
Italy FM: Israeli attack against Iran could happen
Italy's foreign minister said the option of an Israeli attack against Iranian nuclear facilities is a concrete possibility, though increasing pressure ...
AP Interview: UK tells Iran to end Assad support
Iran should only play a role in international diplomatic efforts to end the violence in Syria if it withdraws support for President Bashar Assad's ...
UN envoy: Syria war is threatening the region
Syria's civil war is worsening and there is no prospect of a quick end to the violence, international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Monday in a gloomy ...
Iran takes aim at US and Israel at UN meeting
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is taking aim at the United States and Israel at a high-level U.N. meeting, accusing Washington of shielding what ...
Prophet film protesters clash with Greek police
Greek riot police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse Muslim protesters who clashed with officers Sunday during a rally against a film produced ...
Iran detains centrist ex-president's daughter
Iran's official news agency says authorities have detained the daughter of influential ex-president and political centrist Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Pakistan hit by deadly riots over anti-Muslim film
Pakistan's "Day of Love for the Prophet" turned into a deadly day of gunfire, tear gas and arson. Thousands angered by an anti-Muslim film ignored ...
Iran shows off new air defense system
Iran on Friday displayed a new, all-Iranian-made air defense system, saying it was designed to confront American warplanes in case of a U.S.
Egypt: Iran's support for Syria hinders relations
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi warned Iran's foreign minister on Tuesday that better relations between the two Mideast heavyweights are being ...
Egypt trying to persuade Iran to drop Assad
Newly activist Egypt is trying to convince Iran to drop its unquestioned support of Syria's embattled President Bashar Assad in order to end that ...
Nuke talk questions await Iranian president at UN
As Iran's president crafts his talking points for his annual trip to New York, one message is likely to remain near the top: Tehran has not closed the ...
Iran sets June 14 date for presidential election
Iran's official news agency is reporting authorities have set June 14 as the date for next year's presidential election. The Friday report by IRNA ...