WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Thursday hit Iran's police, Revolutionary Guard and the Basij militia with sanctions for "serious" rights abuses, ratcheting up pressure on the regime amid upheaval in the Islamic world.
Slapping sanctions on three key pillars of the Islamic Republic's security apparatus, as well as the head of the nation's police force, Secretary of State Hil [...]
SANAA (AFP) - The US warned Al-Qaeda is thriving from Yemen's turmoil as protesters rallied Wednesday against the return of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is undergoing treatment for bomb wounds in Saudi Arabia.
Admiral Michael Mullen, the top US uniformed commander, said the conflict in the Arabian Peninsula country was making the Al-Qaeda terror network more "dangerous."
Al-Qa [...]
DAMASCUS (AFP) - The US on Wednesday threw its weight behind a UN resolution condemning Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime over a bloody crackdown on demonstrations, as refugees fled a protest hub fearing reprisals.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters ahead of a 1900 GMT Security Council meeting on Syria that Washington was "trying to convince others in the [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama was meeting the crown prince of Bahrain Tuesday, a US official said, as Washington backed efforts to ease the crisis in the Sunni-ruled Shiite majority kingdom.
Obama was due to "drop by" a meeting between Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa and US National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, in a White House protocol mechanism used to all [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - An attack that killed five American soldiers Monday was the deadliest in an increasing spate of bids by insurgent groups to ensure Iraq and the US do not agree an extended US troop presence, experts say.
The violence, which resulted in the bloodiest day for American forces in Iraq in more than two years, comes as attacks against Washington's troops and unrest in gene [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Attacks killed five American soldiers and 20 Iraqis on Monday, the deadliest day for US forces in Iraq in more than two years, just months before all of them must withdraw.
The violence raises major doubts over Iraqi security capabilities ahead of a year-end deadline for the US pullout, with Washington pressing Baghdad to decide soon whether or not it wants an exten [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Saudi activists have written an open letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a champion of women's rights around the world, urging her to publicly press Saudi Arabia to let women drive.
The letter written by Saudi Women for Driving and distributed on Change.org has amassed more than 10,000 signatures of support throughout the United States, according to the website t [...]
TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi is increasingly isolated, US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen said on Thursday, as Russia announced that it will send envoys to Tripoli and Benghazi to mediate the conflict.
The United Nations, meanwhile, has denounced war crimes committed both by Kadhafi's forces and the rebels vying to oust the Libyan strongman.
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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr staged a mass rally in Baghdad on Thursday against US forces, as Iraqi leaders consider asking for an extended American troop presence.
The demonstration comes with just months to go before US forces must withdraw from Iraq, but senior American officials have said they hope Iraqi leaders will ask for troops to s [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Tuesday announced it is imposing sanctions against seven foreign firms -- including from Venezuela, Singapore, and Israel -- as part of efforts to check Iran's nuclear ambitions.
It also imposed sanctions against 16 other foreign firms and individuals, including from China, over trade with Iran, Syria and North Korea in goods or technology tha [...]
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