WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Treasury Department on Thursday put seven people it said were backing the Iraqi insurgency from Syria on a list that forbids U.S. citizens from having any dealings with them.

GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip on Friday, local medical workers said.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Head of Iran’s Judiciary Ayatollah Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi met with the visiting head of Sierra Leon’s Supreme Court here on Thursday.