CIA Director Leon Panetta says Bin Laden believed to still be in PakistanWASHINGTON — The CIA believes Osama bin Laden is still in Pakistan, and the spy agency is hoping to close in on him as that country’s military cracks down on the northwestern tribal area where he is thought to be hiding. CIA Director Leon Panetta told reporters after a speech on Capitol Hill Thursday that finding bin Laden remains one of the CIA’s top priorities. US airstrike meant for militant commander hit Afghan civilians, provincial officials sayKABUL — U.S. airstrikes in western Afghanistan missed their target of a militant commander and instead killed 12 other militants and 10 civilians, provincial officials said Thursday. CIA Director Panetta: Bin Laden believed in Pakistan; US stepping up efforts to get himWASHINGTON — The CIA believes Osama bin Laden is still in Pakistan, and the spy agency is hoping to close in on him as that country’s military cracks down on the northwestern tribal area where he is thought to be hiding. Diplomats: Iran denies UN nuclear agency request to mount extra camera at atomic siteVIENNA — Iran has rebuffed a bid from the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency to beef up its monitoring ability at an important atomic site as it tries to keep track of the country’s rapidly growing uranium enrichment capabilities, diplomats said Thursday. Afghan provincial official says airstrike missed commander, hit civiliansKABUL — Airstrikes in western Afghanistan killed 10 civilians and failed to hit a targeted militant commander, provincial officials said Thursday. Presidential election in Iran - a referendum on AhmadinejadTEHRAN - Friday’s presidential elections in Iran are gradually turning into a referendum on incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Analysis: Netanyahu, cornered by own hawks and Obama, may have to pick sidesJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to narrow a growing divide with the Obama administration when he delivers a major policy speech in the coming days, his aides say — perhaps even endorsing the concept of a Palestinian state at the risk of alienating his hawkish coalition. Iran’s ruling powers warn reformists against seeking ‘revolution’TEHRAN, Iran — In the final hours of Iran’s fierce election campaign, the top pro-reform challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got a sharp warning Wednesday that authorities would crush any attempt at a popular “revolution” inspired by the huge rallies and street parties calling for more freedoms. Ahmadinejad lashes out at opponent during final public campaign rally 2 days before Iran voteTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s hard-line president took a final shot at his rivals Wednesday during his last public pre-election rally, accusing them of resorting to a smear campaign against him similar to the one used by Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister. Argentina orders detention of Colombian national believed to have helped bomb Jewish centerBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A federal judge on Tuesday requested the international capture of a Colombian national suspected of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Argentina that killed 85 people. Pentagon chief says Moscow acknowledging closer threat from Iran than initially believedWASHINGTON — Prospects for a U.S.-Russian partnership on a missile defense system have improved slightly as Moscow grows increasingly concerned about Iran, Pentagon chief Robert Gates said Tuesday. Former president calls on Iran’s top leader to take action against Ahmadinejad slanderTEHRAN, Iran — A powerful former Iranian president urged the country’s top leader Tuesday to take “serious action” against hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for accusing current and former top government officials of corruption in a televised election debate. Obama administration sees hope for Mideast peace prospects after Lebanese electionWASHINGTON — Detecting signs of hope for its Mideast peace initiatives in the defeat of a Hezbollah slate in Lebanon’s weekend election, the Obama administration said Monday it will send special envoy George Mitchell to Syria and Lebanon this week. Iraq’s Shiites seek to revive coalition ahead of January elections in threat to SunnisBAGHDAD — Steps are under way to rebuild a coalition of Shiite political parties, a move that would solidify the majority sect’s grip on power but embitter disaffected Sunnis and stoke fears of Iranian influence as the U.S. role here fades. Poll finds little change in Iranians’ poor views of US, despite Obama offers to talk to TehranWASHINGTON — Few Iranians have favorable opinions of the United States, a view that has changed little since the election of an American president who has expressed a willingness to talk to Tehran, a rare poll of Iranian citizens showed Monday. Obama congratulates Lebanese on vote, cites ‘courage, commitment to democracy’WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is congratulating the Lebanese people for a peaceful national election held with “courage” and a “commitment to democracy.” Lebanese vote in elections that pit Hezbollah and allies against pro-Western factionsBEIRUT — Lebanese streamed to their hometowns on the Mediterranean coast and high up in the mountains Sunday to vote in crucial elections that could unseat a pro-Western government and install one dominated by the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. Obama, Sarkozy stand united on Iran, Mideast peace, set to commemorate D-Day invasionCAEN, France — President Barack Obama and his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, stood united Saturday in efforts to thwart Iran’s disputed nuclear ambitions and bring about a Mideast peace that provides for separate Israeli and Palestinian states. Obama suggests new, stronger response to North Korean nuclear, missile testingCAEN, France — President Barack Obama on Saturday suggested a new, stronger response to North Korean nuclear and missile testing, saying that he prefers continued diplomacy unless the communist country refuses to accept international calls to end to its nuclear program. Iran’s powerful former president says he will sue Ahmadinejad for slander over debate remarksTEHRAN, Iran — A powerful former president said Saturday he will sue hard-line leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for slander over remarks he made during an election debate. Hezbollah and allies trying to unseat pro-Western factions in Lebanese electionsBEIRUT — Lebanese voters face a stark choice Sunday between renewing the mandate of a pro-Western coalition or handing power to a Hezbollah-led alliance that could bring international isolation and new conflict with Israel upon the small, tumultuous country. Obama says D-Day invasion changed course of century; ‘we cannot forget … we must not forget’OMAHA BEACH, France — President Barack Obama says the lesson of D-Day is “don’t forget.” Obama to pay tribute to D-Day’s heroes, discuss Iran and Mideast with French presidentCAEN, France — President Barack Obama turns Saturday to the icons and heroes of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, paying tribute to a feat that cemented the trans-Atlantic alliance in a bid to shore up today’s U.S.-Europe relationship. Obama’s speech historical, says Islamic Centre presidentNEW DELHI - Sirajuddin Qureshi, president of the India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC), Saturday described US President Barrack Obama’s Cairo speech as historical and hoped that Muslims will judge him by actions more than words. Pak-Iran formally sign gas pipeline projectANKARA - Pakistan and Iran have formally signed an agreement to activate a bilateral gas pipeline project. At Nazi camp, Obama sees the capacity for evil and a need to confront it in the modern worldWEIMAR, Germany — President Barack Obama absorbed the stark horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson for the modern world is vigilance against evil, against subjugation of the weak and against the “cruelty in ourselves.” Street clashes in Tehran ahead of electionsTEHRAN - Supporters of incumbent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his main electoral challenger Mir-Hossein Moussavi clashed in Tehran Friday, just one week ahead of the June 12 presidential elections. Analysis: Amid heightened expectations, Obama may seek broader Mideast peace effortWASHINGTON — If “the moment is now” to push for Mideast peace, as President Barack Obama asserted in Germany, it may unfold with the administration looking to find a peacemaking role for Syria and exploring possibilities for dealing with Israel’s longtime foe, Hamas. Iran’s former nuke negotiator says Ahmadinejad distorts nuclear past to win votesTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s former nuclear negotiator accused hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of distorting facts about the country’s nuclear past to make himself look like a hero and win votes in next week’s election. Nuke agency reports new uranium find in Syria, no progress in Syria, Iran probesVIENNA — The U.N nuclear agency on Friday reported its second unexplained find of uranium particles at a Syrian nuclear site, in a probe launched by suspicions that a remote desert site hit by Israeli warplanes was a nearly finished plutonium producing reactor. |
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