News Archive - 4 May 2014

Syrian rebels have struck a deal to withdraw from the army-besieged heart of Homs city.

China will enhance intelligence exchanges and cooperation with other countries to fight drug smuggling amid an increasing number of cases, an official from the Ministry of Public Security said.

In a Navy dominated by massive warships, it’s difficult to imagine a ship with about 25 sailors having a place in the Navy’s forward presence strategy. Over the past 15 years, the PCs were gradually falling into obscurity — that is, until 5th Fleet came calling.

Iranian Ali Valaei stands in his fruit shop in southern Tehran on April 22, 2014, claiming that there has been no changes in his business since President Hassan Rouhani was elected.

In the shadows next to the airfield, eight men huddled behind piles of snow: a soldier and seven soccer players. Or at least they had once been soccer players. This was February 1993, and league football hadn't been played in Sarajevo for well over a year. The siege of Sarajevo,...

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has placed Malaysia on Tier 2, a watch list with countries like Afghanistan, Cuba, Indonesia, Laos, Russia and Turkey, for its limitation on freedom of religion.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The second round of the Asian Champions League takes on extra emphasis for some World Cup hopefuls this week, with South Korea's Hong Myung-bo among the national team coaches carefully watching the continental club competition before announcing his squad for Brazil 2014.

With the first streakers starting at about 9:15 p.m. Sunday, the annual event included everything from elaborate costumes to cartwheeling and bike-riding streakers.

Iraq’s best days in the past decade have been its elections, and somewhat surprisingly, last Wednesday was one of them.

DAMASCUS: Rebels said on Sunday they struck a deal to withdraw from the army-besieged heart of Homs city, as government forces advanced on a strategic town near the Syrian capital, a month before elections.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nuclear experts from Iran and six world powers are meeting in New York this week amid rising hopes that an agreement can be reached to limit Iran's ability to produce nuc…

Exclusive: The mainstream U.S. media likes to talk about Ukraine as an “information war,” meaning that the Russians are making stuff up. But the false narratives are actually being hatched more on the U.S. side, as a new New York Times story acknowledges, writes Robert Parry.

IRAN: Iran's Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the only way to put an end to the ongoing crisis in Syria is holding free elections.

Iranian atomic officials will grant international inspectors access to two nuclear facilities in the coming days. According to Iranian officials, the inspections will be the final steps in fulfilling the the United Nations' demands.

Today is Sunday, May 4, the 124th day of 2014. There are 241 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 4, 1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female prime minister after the Tories ousted the incumbent Labor government in parliamentary elections. On this...

Archaeological digs are uncovering the stories of POWs during the 150th anniversary of the peak year of suffering in Civil War prisons.

Syrian authorities on Sunday named two politicians from tolerated opposition groups as official contenders in June against an imposing incumbent: President Bashar Assad, the overwhelming favorite.

The international community has spent the better part of the last three years supporting a peaceful settlement in Syria. The envisioned solution included in Geneva I agreement — to end the conflict between the opposition and the Assad regime — is centered on political transition.

>There was no immediate comment from the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which for years has been trying to investigate suspicions that Iran may have researched how to make an atomic bomb. Iran, which is seeking an end to sanctions hurting its oil-dependent economy, denies any such work.