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Radical preacher calls for US jihad

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

A radical Sunni Muslim preacher wanted dead or alive by the United States and Yemen urged Muslim scholars yesterday to promote jihad against US and Israeli interests in the region.

Car bomb kills seven in holy city of Karbala

Monday, 8 November 2010

At least seven people were killed in a car bomb blast in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, Iraqi officials said today.

West panics at American-born voice of jihad

Sunday, 7 November 2010

Patrick Cockburn: But the cleric accused of radicalising Western Muslims is just a sideshow.

'Wanted dead or alive': Yemeni judge orders Awlaki's arrest for murder

Sunday, 7 November 2010

A Yemeni judge ordered police yesterday to find the radical US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki "dead or alive" after the al-Qa'ida-linked preacher failed to appear at a hastily convened trial for his role in the killing of foreigners.

UAE jet crash 'not caused by explosion'

Saturday, 6 November 2010

The head of the civil aviation authority in the United Arab Emirates today said investigators do not believe an explosion caused the crash of a UPS cargo jet in Dubai earlier this year.

One hundred injured in Iran earthquake

Saturday, 6 November 2010

About 100 people were injured in a 4.9-magnitude earthquake which stuck western Iran today, state television reported.

Airmail bomb was 'just minutes from exploding'

Friday, 5 November 2010

Kim Sengupta: One of the mail bombs sent from Yemen was defused just 17 minutes before it was due to explode, the interior minister of France said yesterday.

Hague warns time is running out to solve Israeli conflict

Friday, 5 November 2010

The "window of opportunity" could be closing on a two-state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, William Hague warned yesterday at the end of his first trip here as Foreign Secretary.

Israel ambushes Hague over arrest warrants

Thursday, 4 November 2010

Israel and Britain moved last night to limit the damage of an Israeli diplomatic ambush that threatened to overshadow the first official visit to the Middle East by William Hague, the Foreign Secretary.

Same-sex couple in Israel's Dancing with the Stars

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Two Israeli women teamed up yesterday to become the first same-sex couple to compete in a version of the internationally popular Dancing with the Stars television series.

Iran condemned over death sentence woman

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery could instead be hanged for murder today.

Death toll in Baghdad bombings rises

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

The death toll from a series of bomb blasts in mainly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad yesterday has reached 64 with 360 wounded, Iraq's health minister said.

Lieberman: The man dragging Israel to the right

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Avigdor Lieberman greets William Hague today in a more powerful position than ever.

Dozens killed in series of attacks across Baghdad

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Rapid-fire bombings and mortar strikes killed 62 people and wounded 180 across Baghdad's mostly Shiite neighbourhoods yesterday night, calling into question the ability of Iraqi security forces to protect the capital.

Iranian woman sentenced to death 'could be hanged today'

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Supporters of an Iranian woman facing the death penalty for adultery say that the sentence could be carried out as early as today, after her prison received authorisation to execute her.

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