Associated Press
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 06:51
The head of the Anbar Military Command, Lt. Gen. Rasheed Fleih said a dispute between Mutlaq’s bodyguards and security forces assigned to protect the Ministry of Water Resources led to shots being fired.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 09:03
The resulting message is "don't negotiate with the government, prevent any compromise. The government will be too weak to attack back," said Jason Pack, a researcher of Middle Eastern History at Cambridge University who runs the website Libya-Analysis.com.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:11
The first blast struck Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of Sadr City in a commercial area, killing at least 11 people and wounding 21, police said. The second explosion hit a commercial street in Baghdad's southeastern al-Ameen district, killing at least five people and wounding 13, police said.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:00
Al-Zobaie says attackers in military uniform and driving military vehicles opened fire at their convoy, triggering a shootout with guards and soldiers protecting al-Mutlaq.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 06:59
Israel argues the Geneva Conventions forbidding colonization of occupied land shouldn't apply to the West Bank and Gaza because it is not universally accepted as a state in its own right.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 06:45
It was the latest episode in a relentless cycle of blood and violence that has gripped the country since March 2011, when the uprising against Assad’s rule began.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 06:42
The head of the Arab League said Thursday he is confident that Israel and the Palestinians soon will resolve a crisis over the release of long-held Palestinian prisoners and extend their US-brokered peace negotiations beyond an April deadline.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 06:39
The official claimed that two attacks were carried out on March 27 in the Harasta neighborhood of Damascus, and that the effects of the chemicals lasted for several hours.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 06:31
Karmot said Hamas developed the electronic shooting range with homegrown technology. The modified Kalashnikovs, powered by software developed by Hamas programmers, fire green laser beams at their targets, which mimic the sound of real rifle fire when there is a direct hit.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 00:00
A look at the key figures in the one of the world's most powerful drug cartels