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BINT JBEIL, Lebanon (AFP) - Qatar's emir on Saturday made a high-profile visit to south Lebanon, a Hezbollah stronghold destroyed in a 2006 war with Israel and whose rebuilding the emirate is helping finance.Published 7 hours, 13 minutes ago |
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran has hanged a convicted rapist and three drug traffickers, the hardline Kayhan newspaper reported on Saturday.Published 12 hours, 47 minutes ago |
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's press on Saturday appeared unimpressed by the outcome of a historic Syria-Saudi-Lebanon summit, saying it failed to address key issues linked to rising tensions in the country.Published 13 hours, 19 minutes ago |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama called on Iran Friday to "immediately release" three American hikers being held by the Islamic republic, saying they had never worked for the US government and committed "absolutely no crime."Published 22 hours, 13 minutes ago |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US court has given approval for a lawsuit to proceed from 72 Iraqi nationals against a private contractor accused of complicity in the alleged abuse of detainees at the US-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.Published 1 day, 1 hour, 5 minutes ago |
AMMAN (AFP) - Saudi King Abdullah and his Jordanian counterpart Abdullah II discussed on Friday developments in Lebanon and called for stability and security to be strengthened in the country.Published 1 day, 1 hour, 41 minutes ago |
BEIRUT (AFP) - Qatar's ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani arrived in Lebanon on Friday for visit that will take him to parts of the war-torn south whose reconstruction the emirate is helping to finance.Published 1 day, 1 hour, 56 minutes ago |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the mothers of three young US nationals detained without charge in Iran for 12 months renewed appeals Friday for the trio's release.Published 1 day, 3 hours, 17 minutes ago |
TEHRAN (AFP) - A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck Iran's northeast on Friday, injuring at least 30 people, damaging villages and disrupting communications, local reports said citing officials.Published 1 day, 3 hours, 27 minutes ago |
AMMAN (AFP) - The powerful Islamist opposition has decided to boycott Jordan's November 9 general election, citing lack of government guarantees to ensure a fair poll, its leaders said on Friday.Published 1 day, 3 hours, 49 minutes ago |
