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A Lebanese army soldier monitors as they perform search operations in the Abra district of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Monday. (AFP)

June 25th, 2013 - 07:56 GMT

US 'gravely concerned' by Lebanese clashes

The US has expressed deep concern over the violent clashes that broke out in Sidon, in the south of Lebanon, between the military and the supporters of a radical cleric.

The general view of the Jewish settlement of Itamar (background) behind the West Bank village of Awarta. Israeli settlers are seeking approval for hundreds of homes in the northern West Bank. AFP photo

June 13th, 2013 - 09:13 GMT

Israel seeks permission for hundreds of new West Bank settlements

A screen grab of one of the suspects wielding a knife after beheading a man in London on Wednesday.

May 23rd, 2013 - 07:43 GMT

Knife-wielding duo behead man in South London

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad poses with close aide Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie after registering as a candidate in the presidential elections (AFP)

May 22nd, 2013 - 08:51 GMT

Not going quietly: Ahmadinejad vows to challenge ally's election ban

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague will be present at the talks

May 22nd, 2013 - 07:42 GMT

"Friends of Syria" to discuss peace proposal in Amman talks

A selection of Iranian newspapers showing the buzz around the former president Rafsanjani. AFP Photo

May 22nd, 2013 - 07:22 GMT

Rafsanjani, Ahmadineajd aide barred from Iranian elections, US weighs in

The US is threatening Islamabad with sanctions of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline

March 4th, 2013 - 07:40 GMT

US warns Pakistan of Iran pipeline deal

Will the real President Assad please stand up

August 2nd, 2012 - 05:19 GMT