Attack on Iran would be an act of criminal stupidity

Attack on Iran would be an act of criminal stupidity

By: Seumas Milne | February 23, 2012

After a decade of calamitous western wars in the wider Middle East, the signs are becoming ever more ominous that we’re heading for another. And, hard as it is to credit, the same discredited arguments used to justify the disasters of Iraq and Afghanistan – from weapons of mass ...

Nuclear talks failure heightens Iran tensions

By: AFP | February 23, 2012
Nuclear talks failure heightens Iran tensions

TEHRAN - A fruitless visit to Iran by UN nuclear inspectors sparked anger and raised tensions on Wednesday, with Russia warning ...

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Argentine train crash kills 49 people, hurts 600

By: Reuters | February 23, 2012
Argentine train crash kills 49 people, hurts 600

BUENOS AIRES - A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during morning rush hour on Wednesday, ...

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Mubarak trial enters last day

By: AFP | February 23, 2012
Mubarak trial enters last day

CAIRO - The landmark murder and corruption trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak entered its final day of hearings on ...

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Karzai demands quick transfer of US-run jail

By: AFP | February 23, 2012
Karzai demands quick transfer of US-run jail

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai Wednesday urged the US military to speed up a transfer of the controversial Bagram prison to ...

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Civil trial for Gaddafi loyalists

Civil trial for Gaddafi loyalists

By: Reuters | February 23, 2012

BENGHAZI - A Libyan military court ruled on Wednesday that 50 people accused of fighting for ...

Deal must be applied: Hamas

Deal must be applied: Hamas

By: AFP | February 23, 2012

AZA CITY - A reconciliation deal between rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas must be ...

Explosions rock Nigerian city

Explosions rock Nigerian city

By: AFP | February 23, 2012

KANO - Suspected Islamists threw explosives and fired at a Nigerian military checkpoint on ...

Abkhazia leader survives attack

By: AFP | February 23, 2012

MOSCOW - The leader of the Moscow-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia survived an ...

Four more bodies found on liner

By: Reuters | February 23, 2012

ROME - Salvage workers have found four more bodies on the wreck of the Costa Concordia, bringing to ...

Somalia militants lose key town

By: Reuters | February 23, 2012

MOGADISHU - Ethiopian and Somali troops captured a key Islamist militant stronghold in Somalia on ...

Separatists among new Yemen’s major challenges

By: AFP | February 23, 2012

SANAA - Yemen’s southern separatists have emerged as a major challenge for Yemen, which is ...

Israel approves 500 new West Bank homes

By: AFP | February 23, 2012

JERUSALEM - An Israeli committee on Wednesday approved construction of 500 new homes in the West ...

Assad forces try to bomb Homs into submission

By: Reuters | February 23, 2012

MMAN - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces rained rockets and bombs down on ...

Russia urges to send UN envoy

By: Our Staff Reporter | February 23, 2012

UNITED NATIONS - Russia on Tuesday urged the United Nations to send a special envoy to Syria to ...

BYC to move ICJ against Herbyar Marri for bloodshed

By: INP | February 23, 2012

LONDON  - Chairman Baloch Youth Council, Mir Hazar Khan Baloch has announced that the Council ...

How Nasser shaped the Arab Spring

February 23, 2012

SARAH MOUSAThis week marks the 54th anniversary of the foundation of the United Arab Republic ...

Why Yemen’s election might actually matter

February 23, 2012

DANYA GREENFIELDWith daily massacres in Homs and prosecution of US non-governmental organisations ...

Two politicians beaten to death in India

By: AFP | February 22, 2012, 7:27 pm

Two political leaders from a communist party in India’s eastern state of West Bengal were ...

Afghans continue protest over Quran burning for second day

By: Agencies | February 22, 2012, 12:18 pm

At least eight people were injured on Wednesday when thousands of Afghan people staged protest ...