Middle East
Algerians vote for new president
Algerian voters went to the polls Thursday in an election marked by questions over the incumbent president\'s health and anger over his ...Three Palestinians killed in Gaza blast
Three people were killed and several others were injured in an accidental explosion Wednesday in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, ...Iran asks for UN committee meeting on US ban on envoy
Iran yesterday urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to intervene directly in a row sparked by America\'s refusal to give Tehran\'s chosen ...Reuters, Guardian US, Washington Post, Boston Globe win Pulitzer prizes
The Washington Post and The Guardian won the Pulitzer Prize in public service Monday for revealing the U.S. government\'s sweeping surveillance efforts ...Syria troops retake Christian town of Maalula
Syrian regime forces retook the ancient Christian hamlet of Maalula in Damascus province on Monday, four months after mainly Islamist rebels overran ...Saudi Arabia jails 13 for aiding overseas fighters
A Saudi Arabian court has jailed 13 men, handing down sentences from one to 10 years for aiding and financing conflicts abroad, ...Suicide bomber kills seven police in Iraq
At least seven policemen were killed and ten others were injured on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq\'s Kirkuk Governorate ...Syria rebels, government confirm poison gas attack
Syrian government media and rebel forces said Saturday that poison gas had been used in a central village, injuring scores of people, ...Iraq deputy PM escapes assassination attempt
Gunmen attacked Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlak\'s convoy in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad on Friday, killing a guard ...Iran insists on choice for UN envoy despite US denial of visa
Iran says it is not considering a replacement nominee for its prospective new envoy to the United Nations, despite his being denied ...




