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Hezbollah under pressure over Syria fighting

AFP: Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement came under increasing pressure over accusations it is backing regime troops in Syria, as a rebel leader...

Rushdie says ‘Midnight’ film closes circle

AFP: The 1981 novel won the coveted Booker Prize and launched the Anglo-Indian writer's career -- but seven years later the glamorous ...

Suspects in Canada train plot to appear in court

AFP: Assistant RCMP Commissioner James Malizia told reporters the suspects "were receiving support from Al-Qaeda elements located in Iran" but added: "There's...

US fears promise of Arab Spring may be lost

AFP: Global hopes that democracy could replace dictatorships in Arab Spring nations risk being crushed by repressive regimes, the United States warned...

U.S. to announce $10 billion arms sale in Middle East

Bloomberg: The Obama administration is to announce a $10 billion arms package to Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that will...

Hezbollah-backed Lebanese Shiites fight in Syria

AP: Masked men in camouflage toting Kalashnikov rifles fan out through a dusty olive grove, part of a group of Hezbollah-backed fighters from...

London G8 talks to focus on Syria

AFP: US Secretary of State John Kerry and other G8 foreign ministers were on Thursday to hold a second day of talks in...

The most revealing moment of Obama’s Israel trip

Bloomberg: Obama succeeded in convincing the Israeli defense establishment that he means business when he promises to use military force against the...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

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Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Enters 124th Week

On Tuesday, June 9, the "No to Executions Tuesdays"...

Political Prisoner Yahgoub Derakhshan Sentenced to Death for a Second Time

Yahgoub Derakhshan, a political prisoner and supporter of the...

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AFP: The secular party of Iraq's outgoing prime minister...