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5 things to know about Iran's presidential vote
Iran has started announcing preliminary vote counts from Friday's presidential election. Here are five things you should know: THE FIELD Iran's ...
Iranian-Americans and expatriates vote in election
With their passports in tow, Iranian-Americans and expatriates trickled into polling sites across the United States on Friday, joining their ...
Hezbollah says it will keep fighting in Syria
Hezbollah's leader vowed Friday that his militants would keep fighting in Syria "wherever needed" after the U.S. agreed to arm the rebels in the civil ...
Correction: Egypt-Syria story
In a story June 13 about the Egyptian presidency's position on citizens joining the fight in Syria, The Associated Press erroneously quoted the ...
Iran's political hierarchy
A look at the political power structure in Iran. SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI: Wields control over every major decision either directly or ...
Oil tops $97 amid Syria worries, ahead of US data
The price of oil rose past $97 a barrel Friday amid concerns about a possible escalation in Syria's civil war while traders awaited the release of ...
Iran's polls open in presidential vote
In the end, Iran's presidential election may be defined by who doesn't vote. As polls opened early Friday, arguments over whether to boycott the ...
Israel's PM opens historic exhibit at Auschwitz
Standing in front of a former prisoner block at the infamous Auschwitz death camp, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the world ...
Gaza suffers drop in foreign aid over Syrian war
A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors ...
A look at Iran's voters and election process
A look at Iran's voters, presidents and election procedures: SIZE: There are more than 50 million eligible voters in a population of about 76 million.
Background of Iranian presidential candidates
A look at the six candidates in Iran's presidential election Friday. Two others — parliament member Gholam Ali Haddad Adel and former Vice President ...
Google finds hack attempts on eve of Iran election
Google said Wednesday that it has discovered and stopped a series of attempts to hack the accounts of tens of thousands of Iranian users in what the ...
Israeli PM warns of another Holocaust from Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his two-day visit to Poland, which Germany's Nazis occupied during World War II and where they ...
Iran nuke policy 'unchangeable' no matter who wins
Just hours after Iran's presidential candidates bickered over nuclear policies during a televised debate, the country's foreign minister stepped in ...
Iran president campaign ending before Friday vote
Candidates for president of Iran wrapped up their final full day of campaigning on Wednesday, reacting to a last-minute surge for a moderate cleric ...
Qatar eliminated from 2014 World Cup qualifying
Qatar, the 2022 World Cup host, was eliminated in qualifying for next year's tournament on Tuesday night and Denmark put itself in nearly as dismal ...
Iranian reformists rally around common candidate
Iran's presidential race lost one more candidate Tuesday but gained a new script: reformist leaders uniting behind relative moderate Hasan Rowhani to ...
Iraq increasingly drawn into Syrian battlefield
Signs are growing that stretches of Iraq and Syria are morphing into a single battlefield for militants, exacerbating Iraq's slide into renewed deadly ...
Iranian candidate quits to boost reformist chances
An Iranian pro-reform candidate on Tuesday pulled out of this week's presidential election to give support to a centrist whose campaign has gained ...
Iran launches rearmed destroyer on Persian Gulf
Iran says it has launched a 50-year-old destroyer on the Persian Gulf after overhauling it and rearming with modern missiles. Since 1992, Iran has ...
Iran denies malfunction at nuclear power plant
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman is denying reports that the country's Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant has suffered a malfunction.
Iran's reformists find spark in presidential race
He talks about easing the political restrictions imposed by Iranian authorities. He tells crowds that rebuilding ties with Western governments is ...
Iraqi Shiite fighters' Syria role raises tensions
The Iraqi Shiite fighter's family is urging him to stop risking his life by traveling to Syria, saying he's done his part defending the holy shrine ...
Iran: Bushehr nuclear plant has generator problem
Iran's Russian-built nuclear power plant has had an electric generator malfunction, an Iranian official said Monday. The flaw at the Bushehr plant ...
AP sources: US close to OK on arming Syrian rebels
Moved by the Assad regime's rapid advance, the Obama administration could decide this week to approve lethal aid for the beleaguered Syrian rebels and ...