BAGHDAD, 15 August 2004 — Truce talks between Iraq’s interim government and Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr broke down yesterday as the US military claimed killing 50 insurgents in the Sunni town of Samarra... Full Story
DAMASCUS, 15 August 2004 — A US congressional delegation met yesterday with Syrian President Bashar Assad on the situation in Iraq, terrorism and the Middle East peace process, the SANA news agency
KHARTOUM, 15 August 2004 — Sudanese President Omar Bashir yesterday reaffirmed his government’s ability to restore security and stability in the Darfur, blaming unnamed “enemies” for provoking sedition
TEHRAN, 15 August 2004 — Iran’s official media yesterday hailed what they described as conciliatory remarks from Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi following a spate of angry accusations from other members
KABUL, 15 August 2004 — Rival militias clashed in several parts of western Afghanistan yesterday, officials said, ramping up concern about security as the country prepares for landmark elections. One
MANAMA, 15 August 2004 — A recent study revealed that 30 percent of Bahraini women were subjected to various forms of violence by their husbands — in many instances in the presence of their children
MANAMA, 15 August 2004 — Four Bahrainis in police custody here tried to commit suicide by slitting themselves with razor blades on Thursday to protest their detention. A 29-year-old inmate, who
BUJUMBURA, Burundi, 15 August 2004 — Attackers armed with machetes and automatic weapons raided a UN refugee camp in western Burundi, shooting and hacking to death at least 180 people, UN officials
ROME, 15 August 2004 — Security was boosted — but quietly — in Italian cities, ports, train stations, subways and airports yesterday, the day before the deadline runs out from a group linked to the
CALCUTTA, 15 August 2004 — Convicted rapist-killer Dhananjoy Chatterjee ran amok kicking and abusing the prison staff before he was overpowered by commandoes and hanged at the crack of dawn. Dhananjoy,
ZAMBOANGA CITY, 15 August 2004 — Military officials yesterday claimed the leader of the heavily armed Pentagon kidnap gang was among those killed in an assault on one of his southern Philippine hide-outs. Military
KARACHI, 15 August 2004 — Pakistan government is seriously considering a proposal to go after jihadi groups associated with the country’s mainstream religious parties, sources said. High on this
