A United Parcel Service cargo plane crashed in an unpopulated area near the Dubai airport, killing the two crew members on board, UPS officials said Friday. […]
A string of explosions in a weapons storage facility rattled the village of Shehabiyeh in southern Lebanon and started a fire, Lebanon's official news agency reported. […]
A mob ransacked the entrance to the Tehran apartment complex of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi late Thursday, an assault that resulted in an attack on the head of his security detail, his son said. […]
Protesters gathered in Iran on Friday for a demonstration to observe an annual holiday that marks the country's solidarity with Palestinians and calls for the end of Israel occupation. […]
A human rights lawyer who defended a woman sentenced to death in Iran for adultery enjoyed a tearful reunion with his wife and daughter Thursday after they flew from Tehran to Oslo, Norway. […]
The head of a security team protecting opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi was in a coma Thursday after being beaten as he tried to talk with a group of attackers who had entered Karoubi's apartment building, Karoubi's website said. […]
Members of the militant wing of Hamas and representatives of 10 other militant groups met Thursday and said they were joining forces and that attacks on Israelis would continue. […]
Political discussions about Iran's nuclear aspirations were benched Thursday when the U.S. and Iranian national basketball teams went head to head at the FIBA World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. […]
Earl expected to cause 'destructive waves' Tropical Storm Earl is leaving its final mark on the U.S. East Coast as it continues barreling up the Atlantic Ocean toward Canada.
Adult services censored on Craigslist Embattled online classified service Craigslist apparently made a change to its website early Saturday, censoring its adult services section.
Arrests made at Tony Blair booksigning Police made a "small number" of arrests in Dublin where former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to sign copies of his autobiography Saturday, a spokesman for Ireland's national police service said.
Mistrial in alleged 'sham marriage' case The sham marriage trial of actress Fernanda Romero, which the judge has likened to a soap opera, appeared threatened with a mistrial Friday after a dramatic turn a day earlier.
U.N. envoy in Pakistan flood aid plea A United Nations representative on Saturday pleaded for more international aid to help the millions of Pakistanis displaced from flooding that has ravaged the country for more than a month.