Corruption poses a major threat to Iraq, so much so that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said it is “as dangerous” to the country’s stability as terrorism, according to a U.S. watchdog. Iraq is one of the countries least able to co
أعلن قائد الجيش السوري الحر العقيد رياض الاسعد ان ما يقارب الخمسين في المئة من الاراضي السورية لم تعد تحت سيطرة نظام الرئيس بشار الأسد. وأك
An American Muslim group appealed Tuesday to Iran’s supreme leader to show clemency for a former U.S. military translator with dual citizenship condemned to death on accusations of being a CIA spy. A letter Tuesday from the Council on Ame
Poor water and sanitation facilities blamed for the spread of the disease, with up to 50 cases reported a day.
The daughter of Libya’s former leader Muammar Qaddafi asked on Tuesday to make representations to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to help her brother Saif al-Islam, who is in a Libyan jail awaiting trial on rape and murder charges. Aisha Qaddafi
Diplomats are expected to debate once again Wednesday about how to handle the mounting crisis in Syria.
Many points of contention were aired at a high-stakes U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria’s bloodshed on Tuesday, but at least one came straight from another era ̶ Lawrence of Arabia. Syria’s U.N. representative brought up the fam
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory in Tuesday’s primary of his rightwing Likud party over his sole rival, the hardline settler Moshe Feiglin. “I thank you for the confidence and the renewed support that you ha
Julian Assange heads to UK court in bid to block his extradition to Sweden, where he faces allegations of sex crimes.