- Report: Iraqis help Iran skirt sanctions Reuters - 11 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq has been helping Iran skirt economic sanctions imposed because of its nuclear program, using a network of financial institutions and oil-smuggling operations that are providing Tehran with a crucial … More »Report: Iraqis help Iran skirt sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq has been helping Iran skirt economic sanctions imposed because of its nuclear program, using a network of financial institutions and oil-smuggling operations that are providing Tehran with a crucial flow of dollars, the New York Times said on Saturday. In some case, Iraqi government officials …
- Assange to speak from Ecuador embassy in row over his fate Reuters - 9 mins ago
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepared to weigh into a standoff between Britain and Ecuador over his future on Sunday by speaking from a balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy where he holed up to avoid arrest … More »Assange to speak from Ecuador embassy in row over his fate
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepared to weigh into a standoff between Britain and Ecuador over his future on Sunday by speaking from a balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy where he holed up to avoid arrest by police deployed in force outside. Ecuador has granted political asylum to the former computer …
- Idaho evacuations ordered; Wash. residents go home AP - 4 hrs ago
Thunderstorms and lightning threatened fire officials' plans to contain a large blaze in central Washington state as hundreds of Washington and California residents returned home to find out whether their homes were spar … More »Idaho evacuations ordered; Wash. residents go home
- Sudan plane crash in south kills all 32 on board AP - 53 mins ago
The office of the Sudanese president says all 32 people on board died when a plane carrying a government delegation crashed in the country's south. More »Sudan plane crash in south kills all 32 on board
The office of the Sudanese president says all 32 people on board died when a plane carrying a government delegation crashed in the country's south.
- Syria's Assad makes rare appearance for Eid prayers Reuters - 53 mins ago
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad performed Eid prayers in a Damascus mosque on Sunday, state television showed, his first appearance in public since a stunning July bombing in the capital that killed four of his top security officials. Assad, battling a 17-month-old uprising against 42 years of rule by …
- Iran rejects allegation of role in deadly Afghan bombings Reuters - 2 hrs 49 mins ago
KABUL (Reuters) - Iran has rejected Afghan government claims that Tehran orchestrated a series of suicide bomb attacks earlier this week that killed at least 28 people in Afghanistan, Iran's English-language Press TV reported on Sunday. Afghanistan's spy agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), killed two alleged …
- Suicide bomber kills 7 Russian policemen AP - 3 hrs ago
Investigators say a suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral for a policeman in southern Russia, killing at least seven other policemen and badly wounding 12 others.
- 'Solid South' no longer just all-red or all-blue AP - 29 mins ago
- Grover Norquist: George H.W. Bush 'lied' to the American people ABC OTUS News - 2 hrs 39 mins ago
- Obama: Ryan's tax plan great for Romney ABC OTUS News - 14 hrs ago
Tour de France and Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins has confirmed he is competing in the Tour of Britain starting September 9. More »Wiggins to ride in Tour of Britain