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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
Iran's president promotes controversial confidant
Iran's president appointed his divisive confidant to a high-profile post Saturday in a move widely viewed as an attempt to boost the close aide's ...
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 leader stops lawmakers grilling president
Iran's supreme leader has stopped the country's parliament from grilling the president over the nation's plummeting currency and economic crisis, the ...
Pakistan condemns Israeli 'aggression' in Gaza
Pakistan's foreign minister has condemned what he calls Israel's "aggression" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Hina Rabanni Khar spoke ...
Iran VP: We will break Obama's 'grasping hands'
Iran's vice president said Monday that Tehran will break the 'grasping hands' of newly re-elected President Barack Obama, the official IRNA news ...
Iran to probe death of jailed blogger
Iran's parliament announced Sunday it would probe reports that a jailed blogger died suspiciously in custody earlier this week, according to the ...
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 annual inflation hits 24.9 percent in October
Iran's Central Bank says the country's annual inflation rate hit 24.9 percent in October compared to 24.0 the previous month. The figure, reported by ...
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 ...
Iran sets up new base near disputed islands
Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards inaugurated a new naval base on Sunday to reinforce Tehran's authority over three Persian Gulf islands also ...
Iran's parliament to grill Ahmadinejad on currency
Iran's parliament is planning to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be questioned over the country's plummeting currency, state radio reported ...
Iran president backs down in political clashes
Iran's embattled president has backed down from a public dispute with the country's judiciary, a day after his nation's top leader called such spats ...
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 ...
Syria war puts anti-US alliance on the defensive
When the Hamas rulers of Gaza recently gave a hero's welcome to the ruler of Qatar, an arch foe of the Syrian regime, it sent a strong message ...
Iran leader warns against public political clashes
Iran's supreme leader warned government officials and politicians Wednesday against turning their disputes into a public discussion, calling it ...
Iran orchestra finale rings of hard-line pressure
It was a VIP audience for what was likely the last performance of the venerable Tehran Symphony Orchestra. Watching from the front row in late August ...
Iran judicial branch chief fires back at president
The head of Iran's judiciary lashed out at the country's president Wednesday, the latest salvo in an escalating political conflict that has undermined ...
Iran looks to Silk Road ties in time of sanctions
In back-to-back Asian summits this month, Iran's president made sure to carve out special time to look east. At one gathering in Azerbaijan, Mahmoud ...
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 ...
Iran's president barred from visiting prison
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed Monday with the country's judiciary over his right to visit the prison where a jailed aide is held, in ...
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 ...
90 dead in Syrian regime attacks on rebel areas
The Syrian military unleashed heavy airstrikes and artillery bombardments targeting rebel strongholds in the north on Tuesday, killing at least 90 ...