Mid-East
Spate of attacks kills 107 across Iraq
At least 107 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks in Iraq on Monday, a day after 20 died in explosions, in a coordinated surge of violence against mostly Shi’ite Muslim targets.
Fleeing Syrian Kurds seek refuge with Iraqi brethren
Syrian troops usually came before dawn, rounding up young Kurdish men to force them into an army they did not see as their own and into a fight for a government that treated them as outsiders.
Arab League backs bid for UN nod to Palestine
The Arab League late Sunday backed a Palestinian plan to ask the UN General Assembly to recognize a state of Palestine.
Yemen defuses bomb at Aden intelligence building
Yemeni security forces have defused a bomb planted at the entrance of an intelligence services building in the southern port city of Aden, the defense ministry said.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
The European Union foreign chief says the escalating bloodshed in Syria was sparking concerns that the conflict may spill over into neighboring countries.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Arab officials meeting in Doha have approved an international probe into Yasser Arafat’s death, after a report said he may have been poisoned, senior Palestinian official Saeb Erakat said.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Arab officials meeting in Doha have approved an international probe into Yasser Arafat’s death, after a report said he may have been poisoned, senior Palestinian official Saeb Erakat said.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
The European Union looks poised to strengthen ties with Israel by approving 60 new cooperation activities, despite its recent denunciation of Israeli policy, diplomats have said.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
A top Iranian naval commander says Tehran’s forces have full control over the Gulf’s strategic Strait of Hormuz, but have no plans to try to close the route for one-fifth of the world’s oil.
