BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber set off an explosives-packed car outside a Baghdad hospital on Friday, killing 28 people in the capital’s deadliest day in a month, amid a political crisis that has stoked tensions. The attack also... 

TEHRAN: Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Tehran is ready to sit down with world powers for talks on its nuclear drive as he downplayed the harmful effects of newly imposed sanctions. The Islamic republic,... 

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council will discuss the Syria crisis Friday, and western and Arab nations could make public their draft resolution condemning the government’s deadly crackdown, diplomats said. The unexpected... 

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal on Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities in awarding... 

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Thursday proposed trimming the Army’s size by 13 percent as the debt-ridden United States winds down a decade of war but vowed new investments to exert power in Asia and the Middle East. With... 

WASHINGTON: According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is set to outline elements of the Pentagon’s $525 billion fiscal budget for 2013, including a plan to “expand its global... 

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has allowed pan-Arab news channel Al-Jazeera to reopen its office in the Gulf state more than a year after ordering its closure, the television network’s Kuwait director said Thursday. “We received...