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Iraq sentences militia leader to death

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced the Sunni leader of a government-allied paramilitary group to death for murder and…

Hassan Nasrallah re-elected as Hezbollah leader

BEIRUT (AP) — The militant Hezbollah group announced Thursday that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as the Shiite Muslim…

Iraqi lawmakers trying to break election deadlock

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi lawmakers will vote Saturday on how to break a deadlock over a key election law after a vice president vetoed the…

Israeli aircraft hit Gaza after rocket attacks

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck a weapons-manufacturing facility and two smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on…

Tiny survivor doesn't remember Mumbai attack

KFAR CHABAD, Israel (AP) — Moshe Holtzberg celebrated his third birthday on Wednesday the way many Jewish children do — he got…

Israel brushes off Obama criticism over Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel broke ground on a new housing complex for Jews in east Jerusalem on Wednesday, brushing off President Barack…

Iran brushes aside UN nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday said his country would not export its enriched uranium for further processing,…

Iraq vote faces likely delay

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's path toward political stability after years of war threatened to veer off course Wednesday when a vice president…

Hamas-linked group offers cash for Israeli capture

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Gaza charity headed by the interior minister of the militant Hamas group on Wednesday offered $1.4…

Iran FM rejects sending away uranium

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's foreign minister has ruled out sending enriched uranium out of the country, rejecting the U.N.'s plan to…

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