Syria crisis: Around 1,000 Refugees surge to Turkey
[Translate] Turkish border guards have been ordered to allow Syrians in Growing numbers of Syrians are escaping over the border into Turkey ahead of a feared government assault on the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour. About 1,000 Syrians crossed the border overnight, a Turkish official said, bringing the total number of refugees in More...
Interpol alert for 47 Saudi ‘al-Qaeda militants’
[Translate] Interpol has issued international alerts for 47 Saudi men, some accused by Saudi Arabia of links with al-Qaeda. The international police agency quoted the Saudi authorities as saying the More...
Israel ex-President Moshe Katsav found guilty of rape
[Translate] Mr Katsav, president for seven years until 2007, had rejected a plea bargainFormer President of Israel Moshe Katsav has been found guilty of rape by a court in Tel Aviv. He had faced two More...
Church leader urges Iraqi Christians to quit country
[Translate] A senior Iraqi Christian is to call on believers to quit the country, after gunmen targeted a church in Baghdad. Archbishop Athanasios Dawood, who is based in the UK, will make his appeal during More...
Baghdad church siege ends with 52 dead
[Translate] Iraqi security forces stormed a Baghdad church where militants had taken an entire congregation hostage for four hours, leaving at least 52 people dead, including a priest, Iraqi officials said Monday. It More...
Iran Bars Two UN Nuclear Inspectors Over Report
[Translate] Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it will not allow two of its inspectors to enter the country, state media report. The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, More...
Suicide bombs kill 33 in Iraq, officials say
[Translate] BAGHDAD – Suicide bombers in a crowded Baghdad commercial district and Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit killed as many as 33 people Sunday as insurgents tried to turn a monthslong deadlock More...
Egypt To Leave Border With Palestine Open ‘Indefinitely’
[Translate] Egypt said Monday that it will leave its border with the Palestinian territory open indefinitely for humanitarian aid and restricted travel. On Tuesday a group of nine Egyptian parliamentarians entered More...
UN Votes For New Sanctions On Iran Over Nuclear Issue
[Translate] The UN Security Council has voted in favour of fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. The council voted 12 to two, with one abstention, in favour of a fourth round of sanctions, More...
Iran: No Plans To Swap US Prisoners For Scientist
[Translate] An Iranian official said Tuesday the country has no plans to swap three American prisoners for a missing nuclear scientist who Tehran claims was abducted by the U.S. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin More...
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