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100s Palestinian prisoners join hunger strike

Tue Feb 19, 2013 20:34:30

Some 800 Palestinians jailed by the Zionist regime were on Tuesday refusing food in solidarity with four fellow inmates who have been on long-term hunger strike, officials said.

Bahraini regime should enforce reform to survive

Tue Feb 19, 2013 17:31:09

The Bahraini regime continues to imprison dissidents, arrest pro-democracy protesters and deploy a rigged judicial apparatus to convict them, despite its own call for talks with the opposition.

Britain to rename building after Bahraini despot

Tue Feb 19, 2013 16:14:55

The UK government’s decision to rename a hall at the Sandhurst military academy after the brutal king of Bahrain has sparked outrage among the British public, according to media reports.

Shooting in Saudi town wounds woman, child

Sun Feb 17, 2013 20:12:39

Unknown gunmen opened fire at a prison and police targets in Saudi Arabia's Shiite-populated Eastern Province, wounding a woman and her child, police and rights activists said on Sunday.

Blasts kill 21 in Shiite areas of Baghdad

Sun Feb 17, 2013 19:28:41

A series of bombings mainly targeting Shiite areas of Baghdad killed at least 21 people on Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit Iraq as it struggles with protests and a political crisis.

Iran not withdrawing Lebanon support: Larijani

Sun Feb 17, 2013 17:54:43

Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker says the assassination of a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will not affect Iran’s support for Lebanon.

Nasrallah condoles Iran commander’s martyrdom

Sat Feb 16, 2013 20:30:32

The Secretary General of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has expressed condolences over the martyrdom of Brigadier Shateri, the head of the Iranian delegation responsible for the reconstruction of southern Lebanon.

Martyred Gaza kids photo wins top award

Sat Feb 16, 2013 19:19:02

A photo of Palestinian people in Gaza taking two children and their father martyred in an Israeli air strike for burial has won the 2013 World Press Photo award for Swedish photographer Paul Hansen.

Supreme Leader calls for annihilation of all nukes

Sat Feb 16, 2013 18:20:31

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran does not need nuclear weapons, calling for all nukes to be annihilated all over the world.

Saudi princes fail to keep UK court case secret

Fri Feb 15, 2013 22:02:22

Two influential princes in Saudi Arabia have failed in an attempt to keep secret a London court case which has raised allegations of criminal wrong¬doing that their lawyers say could shatter relations between the country and western allies.

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