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InternationalIran fired on U.S. drone over Gulf: Pentagon
 Iranian warplanes fired at an unarmed U.S. drone in international airspace last week but did not hit the aircraft, the Pentagon said on Thursday, disclosing details of an unprecedented incident that triggered a formal warning to Tehran through diplomatic channels.Read more...
.gif){kind=small} Views: 1015Bombs hit pro-Assad Damascus district, Syria's sectarian divide widens
 Multiple bomb explosions on Wednesday hit a hilltop area in Damascus populated by members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, marking escalation of sectarian attacks in a conflict that has deepened religious Middle East divides. Views: 788Putin dismisses Russian defense minister after scandal
.jpg) Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on Tuesday and replaced him with a loyal ally after the ministry was drawn into a corruption scandal. Views: 923Suicide bomber kills 50 Syrian security men: opposition
 An Islamist suicide car bomber killed at least 50 Syrian security men in Hama province on Monday, an opposition group said, in what would be one of the bloodiest single attacks on President Bashar al-Assad's forces in the 20-month-old uprising. Views: 788Bomb shakes Damascus, opposition holds unity talks
 A bomb exploded near army and security compounds in Damascus, Syrian television reported, and fractured opposition groups seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad began unity talks abroad to win international respect and arms supplies. Views: 771Merkel coalition agrees welfare changes as poll looms
 German Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right coalition reached agreement early on Monday on contentious social welfare issues that it hopes will bolster its support in the countdown to federal elections next September. Views: 759British millionaire pleads guilty in Iran missile scheme
 British millionaire Christopher Tappin pleaded guilty in federal court in Texas on Thursday to charges of attempting to sell missile parts to Iran, prosecutors said. Views: 1082Britain says it wants a cut in EU budget
 Britain threatened on Thursday to veto any deal on the European Union budget that is not good for the British taxpayer, a day after a humiliating defeat in parliament undermined Prime Minister David Cameron's authority. Views: 976At least 10 killed in Riyadh fuel truck blast
 At least 10 people were killed when a fuel truck crashed into a flyover in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Thursday, triggering an explosion that brought down an industrial building, witness and television reports said. Views: 1043Syrian air force on offensive after failed truce
.jpg) Syrian warplanes bombed rebel targets with renewed intensity on Tuesday after the end of a widely ignored four-day truce between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and insurgents. Views: 1069Netanyahu says strike on Iran would be good for Arabs
.jpg) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to convince Arab states that an Israeli military strike on Iran would benefit them, removing a potential threat and easing tensions across the Middle East. Views: 893Page 6 of 22 |
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