BAGHDAD (AFP) - An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced a British security guard to life in jail for killing a fellow Briton and an Australian in Baghdad, the first conviction of a Western contractor since the 2003 invasion.
Danny Fitzsimons, 30, could have received the death penalty for the August 2009 shooting in the Iraqi capital's heavily-fortified Green Zone. His lawyer said that the life [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that it was weapons manufactured and delivered to "dictators" by the United States that were killing protesters in uprisings around the Arab world.
The hardliner said that the United States and its allies must be blamed for imposing dictatorships on regional countries now in the grip of deadly revolts.
These "dictators w [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Clashes erupted early on Monday morning between Israeli police and settlers at the West Bank settlement outpost of Havat Gilad over the demolition of a cabin, a police spokesman said.
"The incident began when employees of the (military) administration came to dismantle illegal construction and were met with stone-throwing by the residents of Havat Gilad," Micky Rosenfeld [...]
ANKARA (AFP) - The head of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, will attend the funeral of Turkey's first Islamist leader Necmettin Erbakan in Istanbul on Tuesday, a former aide to Erbakan said.
"Khaled Meshaal is to arrive in Istanbul to take part in the funeral with other dignitaries from the Muslim world," the aide, Mustafa Kamalak, told reporters on Monday.
Erbakan, t [...]
MANAMA (AFP) - Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman said on Monday efforts were underway to launch talks with the opposition, which is demanding major political reforms amid a wave of anti-government protests.
"The steps we have taken in the last few days have calmed the situation and helped restore life in Bahrain to normal in preparation for dialogue," Prince Salman said in a statement carri [...]
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Iran's navy chief, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayari, said on Monday that Iran's dispatch of two warships to the Mediterranean last week was not aggressive in aim.
"The Iranian strategy is to reinforce its defensive capacities. We do not harbour aggressive intentions against other countries," Sayari said at a press conference in Damascus.
The two Iranian warships, the first [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu held talks on Monday with Quartet envoy Tony Blair, as international peace negotiators sought to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into some form of peace dialogue.
Israeli officials confirmed the two had met but refused to give details of what was discussed, as media reports suggested the premier was shying away from sending his chief neg [...]
ADEN, Yemen (AFP) - Gunmen killed two soldiers in the southern Yemen town of Zinjibar on Monday in separate shootings which a local official blamed on Al-Qaeda.
The attacks came in different neighbourhoods of Zinjibar, the capital of restive Abyan province, the official said on condition of anonymity.
"They bear the hallmark of Al-Qaeda, which often attacks soldiers," he added.
A hospit [...]
SOHAR, Oman (AFP) - Fresh clashes erupted between Omani police and protesters on Monday, a day after police killed at least one as the turmoil rocking the Arab world reached the normally calm Gulf sultanate.
Hundreds of demonstrators stormed a police station in the key industrial area of Sohar, northwest of the capital Muscat, and police responded by firing tear gas.
There were no immediate re [...]
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt on Monday slapped a ban on ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family travelling abroad, and also imposed a freeze on their assets, judicial officials said.
Besides Mubarak, who resigned on February 11 following weeks of protests, the decision also applied for his wife Suzanne, his two sons Ala and Gamal, and their wives, according to the same source.
Mubarak stepp [...]
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