Libya's Supreme Court is due to rule on the case of foreign medics on death row for infecting 438 children with HIV. Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor have said they are innocent of giving tainted blood to the children at the Benghazi hospital in 1998. The court is expected...
A mortar and rocket attack on Baghdad's heavily-protected Green Zone has killed three people, Iraqi police said. Two Iraqis and one Filipino were killed and about 25 people wounded, Iraqi officials said. Police said up to 30 rockets and mortars were fired into the zone which houses the...
Iranian officials have for the first time been allowed to visit five prisoners held by US forces in Iraq. The five have been detained by the US military in northern Iraq since they were captured in Irbil in January. "Three Iranian diplomats including the ambassador in Baghdad visited the...
A deadly truck bombing in a busy market in northern Iraq has killed 105 people and injured 240, police say. The morning blast destroyed the market in the small town of Amirli, south of Kirkuk, killing many people instantly and trapping dozens among the rubble. It was the deadliest...
Iraq's government has approved an amended draft law on how to share the country's oil wealth, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has said. Mr Maliki said the bill, which will now be passed to parliament to be debated, was the "most important law in Iraq". However, the cabinet is yet to endorse...
BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been released by kidnappers in Gaza after nearly four months in captivity. He said it was "fantastic" to be free after an "appalling experience". Mr Johnston, 45, was seen leaving a Gaza City building accompanied by...
Well, he could be making the daily cell phone call to his girlfriend, Dalia. Or maybe he's off somewhere typing her a tender text message or e-mail. Basically he's anywhere but on an actual date with the woman he says he loves. Romance always has been one of the expected casualties of...
The Iranian government's last-minute decision to ration monthly fuel allotments, as well as increase the price of gas, triggered protests and riots -- a rarity in the Islamic republic -- according to Iranian media reports. The oil ministry issued a statement at 9 p.m. Tuesday that the...
Human rights group Amnesty International has called on Iran to halt the execution of child offenders. In a new report, it says Iran is the only country to have executed child offenders so far this year. It lists the names of 71 other child offenders it says are known to be facing the...
A former Egyptian president's son-in-law accused of spying for Israel has reportedly been found dead outside his London home. Police have not confirmed his identity, but Egyptian state news claimed that the body of 62-year-old Ashraf Marwan was discovered outside his flat. His...
At least 12 Palestinians - including militants and civilians - have been killed in Israeli raids in Gaza, Palestinian medical officials say. About nine Palestinians - mostly militants - were killed after Israeli tanks moved into Gaza City. One of the civilians was a 12-year-old boy. Three...
Tony Blair is to become a Middle East envoy working on behalf of the US, Russia, the UN and the EU. The announcement came just hours after he stood down as UK prime minister and shortly before it was announced he was to quit as a member of parliament. Mr Blair said a "solution"...
20 Ways to Encourage Children's Resourcefulness and 0Creativity By Karen Stephens Resourcefulness,the ability to meet challenges in a variety of ways, is a by-product of creative intelligence. As children develop resourcefulness, they learn to trust their instincts and unique abilities. They...
Industrialists, farmers and economists on Thursday warned that Lebanon will suffer grave economic consequences if Syria shuts down the border crossings . " Most of Lebanon' s agricultural exports go through Syria and if Damascus decided to close all crossing points than we will be...
Syria has closed a border crossing with northeastern Lebanon as a result of the Nahr al-Bared fighting, leaving only one land passage between the two countries open . Lebanese security officials said Syrian authorities on Wednesday closed the Qaa-Jousseh crossing, leaving only the main...
A Shia cleric known for his stance against Wahhabism, a strict version of Sunni Islam, has been killed in the south-western Iranian city of Ahwaz. Reports said Hojjat ol-Eslam Hesham Seymari was shot dead in his home at night by two men claiming to know him. Wahhabism is practised...
The Quartet of Middle East mediators from the EU, Russia, the UN and US has discussed the appointment of Tony Blair as special envoy for the region. It is expected that Mr Blair will be offered the job after he steps down as UK prime minister on Wednesday. It was the Quartet's first...
