BAGHDAD: Car bombs hit five Shi’ite mosques inBaghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk just after prayers on Friday, killing 19 worshippers and injuring
KARACHI, Pakistan: An angry lawyer threw a shoe at former President Pervez Musharraf as he headed to court in southern Pakistan on Friday to face legal charges following his return
BEIRUT: Activists say Syrian rebels have captured a strategic town near the border with Jordan after a day of fierce battles that killed 38 people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for
JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, South Africa said Thursday. Mandela, 94,
AMMAN, Jordan: Mideast powers opposed to PresidentBashar Assad have dramatically stepped up weapons supplies toSyrian rebels in coordination with the U.S. in preparation for a push on the capital of
ISLAMABAD: The re-election prospects for Pakistan’s outgoing ruling party are looking even tougher after indications emerged this week that one of its star vote-getters — the young son of assassinated
Iran (AP) — During a celebration last week to mark the Persian new year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did something quietly remarkable: He stood modestly to the side and let his
KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghan and NATO military officials say they have killed more than 20insurgents in a joint operation in eastern Afghanistan. Provincial government spokesman Din Mohammad Darwesh said the 2-day
SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea said Wednesday that it had cut off a key military hotline with South Korea that allows cross border travel to a jointly run industrial complex in the North,
KABUL: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met again Tuesday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a day after they put on a show of unity as they tried to end