ERBIL — A Christian shopkeeper who walks with a limp, Adison Brikha fled Baghdad after he was beaten in his shop. He made it to Erbil, in relatively peaceful Iraqi Kurdistan — but now he’s begging for work.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The European Union threatened Sudan with sanctions on Monday if it refused to allow UN peacekeepers into war-torn Darfur, but rights groups and analysts said the warning was not enough to stop the killings.

NAIROBI (Reuters) — Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed was under guard in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Monday after being taken into custody on the Somali border, Western diplomats and intelligence officials said.

Since the famous Orange Revolution of the end of 2004 in Ukraine, this country is living through a permanent political crisis, which is deepened by deteriorating relations with Russia and

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale and a strong explosion jolted Mashhad, northeastern Iran on Sunday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Belarusian Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev voiced his country’s preparedness to promote mutual defense ties with the Islamic Republic, stressing Iran’s significant role and standing in regional and global equations.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Sunday that he would reveal the United States’ new plans and goals in Iraq in the near future.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini underlined that Tehran has not altered its nuclear stances and is still pursuing the same goals.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Sunday described the recent moves by the United States as a marathon of psychological war against Iran.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir al-Thani stressed that Doha will not take part or support any operations which aim to pose a threat in the Persian Gulf.