The U.S. military said attack helicopters struck two vehicles carrying insurgents Friday in eastern Afghanistan. The province’s governor said 22 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed. Lieutenant Nathan Perry, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, said the airstrikes in Nuristan Province had hit militants who earlier attacked a U.S. military base with mortars. [...]

Iran agreed Friday to enter into talks with the European Union about its nuclear program before the end of the month, Iranian state-run media said. The EU, which recently placed sanctions on Iran, has offered a package of political, economic and security incentives to Iran if it halts uranium enrichment. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, called [...]

The Bush administration has launched a “significant escalation” of covert operations in Iran, sending U.S. commandos to spy on the country’s nuclear facilities and undermine the Islamic republic’s government, journalist Seymour Hersh said Sunday. White House, CIA and State Department officials declined comment on Hersh’s report, which appears in this week’s issue of The New Yorker. Hersh [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States and its allies of plotting to assassinate him during a visit to neighbouring Iraq in March, state radio reported on Friday. “Based on reliable intelligence, our enemies had plans to kidnap and kill your servant (Ahmadinejad). But we intentionally made last minute changes in our schedule,” the radio [...]

Pakistan has blamed US-led forces in Afghanistan for an “unprovoked and cowardly” air raid near the border that killed at least 11 Pakistani soldiers. However, the US military said on Wednesday that the air and artillery assault was aimed at Taliban fighters and had been co-ordinated with Islamabad. “Coalition forces informed the Pakistan army that they were [...]

NATO took Tbilisi’s side in the scandal with downing of drone. Previously, Georgians were supported by the UN. Senior leadership of North Atlantic treaty calls Russian troops in Abkhazia “occupation forces” and promises to take Tbilisi into Alliance rapidly. UN, in turn, accuses Russia of violating the Moscow Agreement. Earlier, British parliamentarian and vice-president of the [...]

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi has said that Iran’s Armed Forces are the best role model on Jihad, and resistance against world powers. Speaking this morning throughout Kurdestan Province Armed Forces Joint Morning Ceremony, Ayatollah Shahroudi said Iran’s Armed Forces are a source of hope and inspiration for Islamic Freedom-Fighting Movements in the world. He [...]

A US military air strike on a car has killed 8 civilians including 2 children in Baiji, north of Baghdad. Baiji’s Police Chief Colonel Mudhher al-Qaisi, told Reuters the civilians were shepherds who were in a farming area in the town when the strike took place. Al- Qaisi said: “This is a criminal act. It will [...]

The leader of Hezbollah has said that his Lebanese Shia movement is ready for “open war” with Israel, in a speech to supporters mourning the death of a senior commander. Israel immediately ordered its military and embassies to go on high alert. Accusing Israel of killing Imad Moghaniyah in a car bomb blast in the Syrian capital [...]

Following continued tension in Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has ordered the country’s security forces to end the tension, decisively. After the assassination of People’s Party leader Mrs. Benazir Bhutto Thursday the ensuing tension has left around 50 people killed and millions of dollars of damages. Although the government says al-Qaeda was responsible for the assassination, the [...]