US, France push for new sanctions against Iran

Iran starts 20% atom fuel production at Natanz

TEHRAN/PARIS (Agencies)

Iran's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Tuesday that Tehran has started to produce 20 percent enriched uranium at its Natanz plant, the official IRNA news agency reported. The defiant move may increase pressure for new international sanctions on the major oil producer by world powers led by the United States...More

President Ahmadinejad adjusts his goggles at an exhibition on laser technology in Tehran

President Ahmadinejad adjusts his goggles at an exhibition on laser technology in Tehran

Four Islamists on trial in Germany for ties to Qaeda

Anti-US bomber renounces terror: lawyer

A German convert to Islam who has admitted involvement in a thwarted plot to blow up U.S. targets in Germany has now "renounced terror", his lawyer said Tuesday, asking for a lighter sentence. In closing arguments at the trial of four Islamists charged with belonging to an extremist group linked to al-Qaeda, Dirk Uden said...More

Prosecutors had demanded 12 and a half years behind bars for Gelowicz (C)

Trial was first case of Facebook slander in the world

First Facebook slander lawsuit adjourns in UAE

The UAE Court of Misdemeanors on Sunday found a Syrian man accused of cursing one of his former employees on Facebook guilty and sentenced him to a fine of AED3,000. The case, a first-of-its-kind trial involving Facebook, saw the 26-year-old defendant, known simply as A.A., admitting to having uploaded pictures with derogatory...More

The case is a first-of-its-kind trial involving Facebook (File)

"Criminal in uniform" behaved like bully: UK investigators

UK's top Asian cop in jail for attacking Iraqi

The officer will now be sacked for gross misconduct and faces losing all or part of his pension (File)

A British court jailed the country's most senior Asian police officer for four years on Monday for attacking a man and trying to frame him in a petty row...More

Basij militia hurled stones at Italian, French & Dutch embassies

Italy says Iranian militia tried to attack embassy

According to the Italian FM, it was members of the Basij militia that tried to attack the embassies

Italy said dozens of members of Iran's religious Basij militia had tried to attack its embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, but Iranian media described the...More

Former British PM slams hunt for "conspiracy" over Iraq

Blair attacks hunt for "scandal" over Iraq war

Former British PM Tony Blair said that he had no regrets over removing Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has lashed out at the hunt for a "scandal" and a "conspiracy" over his controversial decision to...More

Deby-Bashir meeting to help Darfur peace talks

Sudan, Chad agree definitive end to proxy wars

A protocol signed by both sides stated that neither country would host rebels from the other side

Sudan and Chad agreed on Tuesday to end their proxy wars and engage in direct talks and joint development projects to rebuild their war-affected border...More

Hailed as the biggest offensive of the eight-year war

US Marines gear up for major Afghan assault

A French soldier of the Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams in Afghanistan

U.S. Marines on Tuesday stepped up preparations for a major assault on a key Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan hailed by officers as the biggest...More

Abu Hamza's London home seized for legal bills

British legal aid authorities have seized the London home of jailed radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza to recover costs spent on defending him, they said Tuesday. The Egyptian-born...More

Abbas mulls peace talks, expects US reply soon

ICC dismisses charges against Sudan rebel leader

Palestinians want peace talks to focus on borders

Michael Jackson's doctor charged with murder

Michael Jackson's doctor was charged with involuntary manslaughter on Monday ahead of a long-awaited court hearing where he is expected to deny causing the pop icon's death. ...More

Chadian president in Sudan amid thaw in ties

Obama does not rule out New York 9/11 trial

Terrorism ruled out of Connecticut plant blast

Iran cuts ties with UK Museum in antiquity row

Iran has cut links with the British Museum over its failure to lend the Islamic Republic an ancient Persian treasure, Iranian media reported on Saturday, in the latest sign of worsening relations...More

Syrian film praised abroad still unseen at home

Indonesian Islamists block horror film: producers

Court delays ruling on Egypt tycoon appeal

Iran internet down ahead of expected protests

Iran said on Sunday its Internet connections will remain slow this week due to technical problems, ahead of anticipated protests by opposition supporters. Connections have been slow since last...More

Experts urge Mideast govts to revise water use

Dubai discovers new offshore oilfield

Expat workers threaten the Gulf: Bahrain MP

Saudi rights body seeks divorce for child bride

Saudi Arabia's human rights commission has hired a lawyer to help a 12-year-old girl divorce her 80-year-old husband, the lawyer said, a move activists hope will lead to a ban on child...More