The UN nuclear watchdog chief, Yukiya Amano, arrived in Tehran Monday to demand more cooperation from Iran on its nuclear activities, as Tehran prepares to engage with world powers in crucial talks in Baghdad over its controversial nuclear programme.
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Sunday voiced concern about violence in Syria, but said the alliance has “no intention” of taking military action against the regime.
The powerful Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Mohammed Mursi warned Sunday against any attempt to tamper with Egypt’s presidential poll this week as thousands of supporters rallied across the country on the last day of campaigning.
Former president leaves Maasiyahu Prison for first time in five and a half months to attend son Noam’s wedding; will return to prison Sunday night
He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya’s darkest chapters — a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a generation ago. His name, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was little known compared to the single word that his deeds represented: Lockerbie.
Audiences in the UAE, mostly Syrian expats, have been receiving “Spring Sonata,” a one-man show mocking Syria’s promised programme of reforms in the face of an uprising with tears and applause.
More than 100 Egyptians held since a mass arrest over two weeks ago began an open-ended hunger strike Sunday to protest their continued detention and the possibility they will face military prosecution, activists said.
Army troops shot dead a Sunni cleric on Sunday when his convoy failed to stop at a checkpoint in north Lebanon, the scene of deadly clashes linked to the uprising in Syria, a security official said.