UN steps up pressure on Syrians
The UN Security Council has unanimously endorsed calls for Syria to co-operate fully with an inquiry into the death of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
October 31, 2005
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Pentagon counts Iraqi casualties
About 26,000 Iraqis have been either killed or injured in attacks by militants since January 2004, a report published by the Pentagon suggests.
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20 قتيلا و30 جريحا في انفجار سيارة مفخخة في البصرة
قالت الشرطة العراقية إن سيارة ملغومة انفجرت في مدينة البصرة مساء الاثنين مما أسفر عن مقتل 20 شخصا وإصابة 30 آخرين.
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سالفا كير يجري محادثات سلام في واشنطن
توجه النائب الاول للرئيس السوداني، سيلفا كير الى الولايات المتحدة لاجراء محادثات مع كبار المسؤولين الامريكيين بشأن عملية السلام في السودان.
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‘Gaza may turn into huge prison’
Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidwa warned on Monday that the Gaza Strip could turn into a huge prison camp if there was no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Reuters news agency reported.
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Gunmen target top Iraqi officials
A senior Iraqi government adviser has been shot dead on his way to work in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Trial begins for al Qaeda suspect in Bush plot
Federal prosecutors told a jury on Monday that a U.S. man plotted with al Qaeda to kill President George W. Bush but his lawyer said he confessed to such a plot only because he was tortured in a Saudi jail.
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Tripple blasts rock New Delhi- 50 killed
Tripple blasts struck two markets and near a bus in the Indian capital on Saturday, killing 50 people and injuring over 70 others, including some foreigners, PTI reported.
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Saddam accepted UAE exile plan to avoid Iraq war
UAE-based Al Arabiya news channel reported Friday that the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had secretly accepted a last-minute plan to go into exile in 2003 to avoid Iraq war, but Arab leaders shot the proposal down.
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Iran fires Britain, France, and Germany ambassadors
The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fired his country’s ambassadors to Britain, France, and Germany, a government official told Iran Focus.
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