Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators.... ChinaDefencePhotosPoliticsUS
Erdogan gets Saudi nod as Mideast force Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers about army's last Iraq incursion at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, four days after the Turkish military ended a week-long ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Ira... MideastPhotosRiyadhSaudiTurkey
Iran can deter attacks on nuclear sites: minister Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, listens to Iran's Defense Minister Gen. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, as Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari, right, looks on during a military parade in Tehran in Sept. 2007. Jafari, on Friday Nov. 23, 2007, warned that if the nation's enemies continued plotting against it, they would launch what he called "a tidal wave of resistance"... DefenceIranNuclearPhotosUS
To Bash Them Is to Help Them In front of the pictures of the Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a ceremony of 19th death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad, known for vitriolic anti-Israeli rhetoric, has again predicted the demise of Israel, according to Iran's IRNA news ag... IranPhotosPoliticsSanctionsUS
AP Interview: Silva says Iran sanctions dangerous Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the summit of Latin American and Caribbean for Integration and Development, CALC, in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. The two-day summit is aimed at strengthening political and economic ties in the regi... BrazilIranPhotosPresidentUN
Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran | RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be focused on Iran. | His visi...
Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics | By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US relations have periodically...
Sinograph | Different takes on coping with change | By Francesco Sisci | BEIJING - In recent weeks on Chinese movie screens there has been a confrontation: Oscar-winning Avatar from the United States pitched ag...
Iran and Israel play cat and mouse | By Mel Frykberg | RAMALLAH - Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight, going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several regional capitals. | Military movement on the ground is ...
Iran, U.S. spar over Afghanistan | Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, is followed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after giving a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday. (Musad...
Iran attacks US over Afghanistan Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the US of playing a "double game" in Afghanistan after the US used the same term to condemn Iran's role. | Mr Ahmadinejad said the US had "created ter...
Families: 3 Americans detained in Iran call home | The families say in a statement they received the calls Tuesday. The three reported being well. The families called the conversations "a tremendous relief." | The families say Shane Bauer, Sarah Sho...
Families: 3 Americans detained in Iran call home | The Associated Press | PHILADELPHIA - The families of three Americans detained in Iran for months say their loved ones have been allowed to call home for the first time. | The families say in a stat...
Families: 3 Americans detained in Iran call home PHILADELPHIA - | The families of three Americans detained in Iran for months say their loved ones have been allowed to call home for the first time. | The families say in a statement they received the...
Families: 3 Americans detained in Iran call home | PHILADELPHIA -- The families of three Americans detained in Iran for months say their loved ones have been allowed to call home for the first time. | The families said in a statement Wednesday that ...
Families: 3 Americans detained in Iran call home PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The families of three Americans detained in Iran for months say their loved ones have been allowed to call home for the first time. | The families say in a statement they received...
US defence chief in Saudi for talks on Iran Robert Gates flew into Riyadh on Wednesday for talks expected to focus on Iran's nuclear programme and Washington's push for tough sanctions against Tehran. | Gates was due to meet King Abdullah as th...
Ahmadinejad criticises NATO troops, mocks Gates KABUL - Iran's outspoken president on Wednesday criticised Western troops as an obstacle to peace in Afghanistan and mocked the US defence secretary during their overlapping visits to the war-torn cou...
Erdogan gets Saudi nod as Mideast force RIYADH - Turkey's role as a key player in Middle East and Arab affairs was set in cement when the Saudis honoured Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a prestigious prize for his 'service to Islam...
