Middle East

Thousands of protesters angry about a magazine report of alleged abuse of the Koran at the U.S. jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

One suicide car bomber detonated his explosive-packed vehicle in a crowded civilian market

Party leaders are expected to meet in late May or early June to discuss what course to set for the future.

Insurgents in Iraq carried out a series of attacks against security forces in Baghdad early Thursday, killing more than 20 people.

A U.S. military judge at Fort Hood, in Texas, has thrown out a guilty plea agreement for U.S. Army Private First Class Lynndie England, who appeared in many of the most graphic photographs of prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison last year. The case is now under review.

Abu Farraj al-Libbi is wanted for two attempts to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf

A suicide bomber has killed at a police recruitment center in northern Iraq killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 100 others at a police recruitment center in northern Iraq. The latest bloodshed brings to around 200 the toll from six days of insurgent attacks.

Declaration comes at UN-sponsored conference on nuclear disarmament in New York.

Israel is hailing the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan because Turkey is a predominantly Muslim country.

A conservative politician in Iran advocates cutting diplomatic ties with Britain in a dispute over Tehran's new international airport.

Britain's governing Labor Party has a comfortable lead in public opinion polls just four days before Thursday's election. 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Israel Sunday for a visit aimed at bolstering Turkey's relations with the Jewish state and giving Ankara a role in Middle East peace efforts.

Insurgent attacks killed about 90 people since Thursday

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is ready to build ties with neighboring Armenia, despite disagreements over decades-old allegations of Turkish genocide against Armenians.

Vladimir Putin is to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today, as he continues his visit to Israel - the first ever by a Russian president.