Live

Headlines

British extremists use Syria for training terrorists

Mon Oct 7, 2013 10:08:34

British Home Secretary Theresa May has warned that extremists are using the war in Syria “as a nursery” before returning to Britain as trained terrorists.

51 killed in fresh clashes across Egypt

Mon Oct 7, 2013 09:50:20

At least 51 people have been killed and scores wounded in clashes between police and supporters of the deposed President Mohammed Morsi across Egypt in one of the bloodiest days since the army seized power.

Iranian youths show their jeans to Netanyahu

Mon Oct 7, 2013 09:35:59

Twitter was flooded with photos of young Iranians wearing jeans, in a clear jab at his comments for the Persian-language BBC channel, "If they had a free go, they’d toss out this regime, they’d go in blue jeans,” he said.

Russia to ensure all voices heard in Winter Olympics: Report

Mon Oct 7, 2013 08:33:28

Russia's FSB security service plans to ensure that no communication by competitors or spectators goes unmonitored during the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February, the British daily Guardian says in a report.

Besieged Gazans protest UN aid cuts

Mon Oct 7, 2013 08:12:41

Impoverished Palestinian refugees have poured to the streets in the besieged Gaza Strip against recent aid cuts by the UN relief agency.

Iran Navy rescues tanker from Gulf of Aden pirates

Sun Oct 6, 2013 22:43:42

A top Iranian Navy commander says the country’s naval forces have successfully rescued an Iranian oil tanker from a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden.

Tripoli protests US kidnap of Libyan in al-Qaeda raid

Sun Oct 6, 2013 21:52:00

Libya has said it had demanded an explanation from Washington for the kidnap of a citizen in an unauthorized commando raid on its territory that netted a top al-Qaeda suspect.

Mortar shells hit Damascus Christian quarter, kill 8

Sun Oct 6, 2013 20:36:56

At least eight people have been killed when foreign-sponsored militants operating inside Syria targeted a Christian neighborhood of the capital, Damascus.

German envoy escapes Yemen kidnap, bodyguard killed: source

Sun Oct 6, 2013 19:48:40

Germany's ambassador to Yemen has escaped a kidnapping attempt in the capital Sanaa during which her bodyguard was killed, a diplomatic source tells AFP.

Blasts in northern Iraq kill 10 children, 5 policemen

Sun Oct 6, 2013 18:07:11

Two suicide bombers have detonated explosives-rigged vehicles at a police station and a nearby primary school in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing 15 people including children, a local official says.

16381 - 16390 of 19771