President Bush and senior Iraqi Shi’ite politician Abdel Aziz al-Hakim of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council met privately in Washington on Tuesday.
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Supreme Leader: Self-Confidence, reliance on God main back-up of armed forces
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said here Wednesday that self-confidence and reliance on God Almighty are the most important back up of the Iranian Armed Forces.
Read More »Ahmadinejad: IAEA report a big victory for Iranian nation
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Wednesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency’s report confirming Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities marks an absolute victory for Iranian nation.
Read More »Annapolis Summit: Peace Hopes and Turkey
Annapolis Summit, hosted by the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brings Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas together in U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis.
Read More »Musharraf sworn in as civilian president
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, but this time as a civilian leader a day after quitting as army chief and fulfilling a promise many Pakistanis doubted he would keep.
Read More »Bomb attack kills five Pakistani soldiers
A roadside bomb killed five Pakistani soldiers on Thursday in a tribal region on the Afghan border where the army has been battling to subdue Islamist rebels, a military spokesman said.
Read More »Protesting Pakistani lawyers clash with police
Pakistani lawyers protesting against President Pervez Musharraf clashed with police in the city of Lahore on Thursday, as Musharraf was being sworn in for a new term in the capital.
Read More »Iraq to pay Jordan $8 million for hosting refugees
Iraq is to give Jordan $8 million to help its smaller neighbor pay the costs of sheltering hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees, the ambassador to
Read More »Annapolis is just a first step, says analyst
As the Annapolis peace conference — or forum, as US officials are now calling it — kicked off Tuesday, the chief missive was to lower expectations, that this was not
Read More »Bush tells Syria to steer clear of Lebanese election
US President George W. Bush on Tuesday used a Middle East peace conference to warn Syria’s government against interfering in
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