Middle East
Scores killed as car bombs rock Baghdad new
Car bombs killed at least 112 people in a brutal reminder of the threat from Iraq's stubborn insurgency.
Inside Middle East
Legitimacy worries 'hit post-war Iraq planning' new
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Officials at the Department for International Development were inhibited in post-war planning for Iraq because of concerns about the legitimacy of military action, the official inquiry into the conflict was told today.
Students beaten in new Iran protests
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Thousands clash with riot police during nationwide demonstrations
Britain condemns Baghdad bombings new
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Britain today condemned a series of bomb attacks which killed more than 100 people in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Police surround Tehran university protesters
Monday, 7 December 2009
Thousands of riot police and Revolutionary Guard members armed with tear gas, batons and firearms were deployed outside Tehran University today to prevent student demonstrations backed by the opposition.
Baghdad's nightclubs closed in moral crusade
Monday, 7 December 2009
Authorities have closed all Baghdad nightclubs and dozens of shops selling alcohol, concerned for "public morals," the city's governor said yesterday. Police have closed 95 unlicensed clubs and 42 liquor stores since the start of November. reuters
Family pleads for return of father sentenced to death for witchcraft
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Lebanese pilgrim, arrested and convicted in Saudi Arabia on sorcery charges for his role in a TV show, due to be executed on Thursday
Iran says it needs 20 enrichment sites
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Iran's vice-president said today his country needs 20 industrial-scale uranium enrichment facilities, a potentially dramatic expansion of its nuclear program in defiance of UN demands.
Tel Aviv: Why did a lone gunman shoot 13 people in cold blood in one of the world's gay capitals?
Saturday, 5 December 2009
At 10.20pm on Saturday 1 August 2009, a man walked along Nachmani Street, a residential road in central Tel Aviv. He went into the apartment block at number 28 and down a flight of steps to the basement flat, where a song by Blur was playing on the stereo amid the sound of laughter and conversation. There, the man shot 13 people, killing 26-year-old Nir Katz and 16-year-old Liz Trobishi, before returning up the steps and disappearing into the promenading crowds. His identity remains unknown.
Iraqi lawyer defending ex-soldier fails in bid to visit client's UK family
Friday, 4 December 2009
An Iraqi lawyer due to defend the first British man to face a murder trial in the country cannot get a visa to visit his client’s family in the UK.
Britain's 'meaty' Iraq role aimed to influence US
Friday, 4 December 2009
Britain committed a large land force to invasion of Iraq in the hope that it would "buy" influence with the United States, the official inquiry into the war was told today.
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