Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq that killed and wounded scores of pilgrims mourning the anniversary of the martyrdom of a Shia Imam.
Four American soldiers belonging to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan have been killed by insurgents during an operation in the country's south.
Disarmament experts from the international chemical weapons watchdog have begun destroying Syria's arsenal, a monitoring official says.
Two million analysts have been employed by China’s state and commercial clients to monitor people’s opinions posted on social networks, state media say.
Iran has arrested four people for trying to sabotage a nuclear site, a senior official says.
Syrian President Bashar Assad has accused the West of saying lies about the use of chemical weapons in Syria, adding that Russia understands the reality of the conflict in his country “much better” than the United States.
Lebanon’s Military Tribunal has handed down a death sentence in absentia to a retired Lebanese colonel for collaborating with Israel.
A commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) has confessed that the Syrian government forces have succeeded in infiltration into the groups of militants in the country and cause internal conflict among them.
Iraqi officials say the death toll from a day of bombing attacks in the country, including one against Shia pilgrims in northern Baghdad, has risen to 78.
Residents of a Palestinian village have planted flowers in hundreds of Israeli spent tear gas canisters to honor those killed during their weekly protests against the separation barrier.