Calif man pleads guilty to sending military equipment to Yemen, faces up to 5 years prison

Calif man admits illegally working as Yemeni agent

UN peacekeeper abducted as Security Council visits Darfur, voices concern over violence

UN members visit Darfur as peacekeeper is abducted

Yemen arrests 7 suspects in connection with attack on British diplomat’s convoy

Yemen arrests 7 suspects in attack on UK diplomat

No. 2 British diplomat unharmed in Yemen attack; security guard kills Frenchman at oil firm

Britain No. 2 diplomat unharmed in Yemen attack

Taliban won’t move to formal peace talks until US agrees to timetable for withdrawal

Taliban set preconditions for formal peace talks

Gunman kills French manager of Austrian oil firm in Yemen, says security official

Gunman shoots dead Frenchman in Yemen

SAN’A, Yemen — A Yemeni security official says that a gunman shot and killed the French manager of Austrian oil and gas company OMV outside the capital.

Gunmen fire rocket against British Embassy convoy in Yemen, wounding 4 people

Yemen explosion targets British diplomats

SAN’A, Yemen — Gunmen fired a rocket at a convoy carrying Britain’s No. 2 diplomat in Yemen on Wednesday, damaging a car and wounding four people amid heightened fears about growing al-Qaida influence in the impoverished Arab nation.

Sailors injured in 10-year-old suicide attack on USS Cole file lawsuit against Sudan

Sailors injured in USS Cole attack file lawsuit

Missouri man indicted on more charges related to smuggling of cigarettes into Illinois

Mo. man faces more cigarette smuggling charges

Prosecutor says video shows Saudi prince attacking aide he’s accused of killing

Prosecutor: Video shows Saudi prince beating aide

Hezbollah and its ally Syria say ‘false witnesses’ throw Hariri tribunal into doubt

Hezbollah, Syria seek to discredit Hariri tribunal

Iran claims computer worm is Western plot to sabotage nuclear program

Iran claims computer worm is Western plot

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran claimed Tuesday that a computer worm found on the laptops of several employees at the country’s nuclear power plant is part of a covert Western plot to derail its nuclear program.

POLITICAL INSIDER: Michelle Obama asks supporters to open wallets for Democrats

POLITICAL INSIDER: Michelle Obama asks for cash

Syria accuses teen blogger imprisoned for 9 months of spying

Syria accuses detained teenage blogger of spying

Official says detained Syrian teen blogger, held for 9 months, was spying for foreign country

Official: Syria accuses teenage blogger of spying

Israeli police kill Palestinian laborer who sneaked into Israel by scaling separation barrier

Palestinian worker killed as he sneaks into Israel

Israeli police kill Palestinian laborer who sneaked into Jerusalem by scaling separation wall

Israelis kill Palestinian worker who sneaked in

2 Israeli soldiers convicted of using Palestinian boy as human shield during Gaza war

Court finds Israelis used Gaza boy as human shield

Spy chief says Iran able to fight off worm that hit computers linked to nuclear plant

Spy chief says Iran able to fight computer worm

Man accused of orchestrating smuggling ring involving millions of cigarettes between Mo., Ill.

Feds: Man smuggled cigarettes from Mo. to Ill.

US commander says Iraq’s political impasse encouraging spike in attacks

US general: Iraq political limbo fueling violence

Families of Iranian detainees who died in prison demand punishment of former prosecutor

Families of dead Iranian prisoners want justice

Iranian families of detainees who died in prison call for punishment of ex-prosecutor

Iranian families of dead prisoners want justice

Reporters without Borders: Iraqi journalists are being attacked by security forces

Media advocate: Iraqi forces attacking press

Iranian-Canadian credited with sparking Iran’s reform blog boom sentenced to 19 years prison

Pioneer Iran blogger sentenced to 19 years prison

Report: Iran sentences Canadian-Iranian blogger to more than 19 years in prison

Iran sentences blogger to 19 years in prison

Court changes death sentence for Egypt mogul accused of killing diva lover to 15 years in jail

Egypt mogul gets 15 years jail instead of death

Hundreds protest FBI searches of anti-war activists in Minneapolis, Chicago

Hundreds protest FBI raids on anti-war activists

Police: Md. mental hospital patient says he kissed fellow patient before strangling her

Md. man charged with slaying other mental patient

Karzai’s brother says he will amend US tax returns; says his businesses are open book

Karzai’s brother says he will amend US tax returns

Attorney for Palestinian-American anti-war activist in Chicago says feds trying to quiet him

Attorney: Feds trying to quiet anti-war activists

PROMISES, PROMISES: No US payments documented for detainee abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison

PROMISES, PROMISES: Waiting for Abu Ghraib amends

West Bank shooting attack injures Israeli woman, as construction slowdown set to expire

West Bank shooting attack injures Israeli woman

PROMISES, PROMISES: US cannot document any payment to detainees for abuse at Abu Ghraib

PROMISES, PROMISES: No amends yet for Abu Ghraib?

In Turkey, some see culture clash in gang’s assault on art galleries on opening night

Turkey: gallery attack ignites debate

ISTANBUL — The gang of several dozen men with sticks and pepper spray moved methodically from one art gallery to the next, assaulting overflow crowds that had spilled into the streets during the joint opening of several exhibitions in the center of Istanbul.

Anti-war activists say FBI sought to intimidate, silence them with search of Chicago home

Ill. anti-war activists targeted by FBI speak out

Justice Department asks judge to dismiss lawsuit filed on behalf of radical cleric

DoJ seeks to dismiss suit filed for radical cleric

White House cites state secrets, seeks dismissal of targeted killing lawsuit filed for cleric

WH: lawsuit wants targeted killing lawsuit dropped

Lawyer: FBI raids Chicago man’s home in terrorism probe, targeting social justice advocates

Attorney: FBI targeting social justice advocates

Brother says suspect in Neb. storage shooting was ‘good kid’ who fled war in Sudan with family

Neb. shooting suspect was Sudanese war refugee

FBI searches homes of anti-war activists in Minneapolis, Chicago in terrorism case

FBI serves terrorism warrants in Minn., Chicago

Mideast’s other crisis: 5-year-old murder threatens political meltdown and violence in Lebanon

5-year-old murder stokes dangerous Lebanon crisis

US walks out of Ahmadinejad UN speech, Iranian says most people think US staged 9/11 attacks

US walks out of Ahmadinejad UN speech

UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad provoked yet another controversy Thursday saying a majority of people in the United States and around the world believe the American government staged the Sept. 11 terror attacks in an attempt to assure Israel’s survival.

Arms dealer sentenced to 23 months in federal prison after plea in Alabama smuggling case

Arms dealer gets 23 months in Ala. smuggling case

US walks out on Ahmadinejad’s UN speech as he says some think Americans caused 9/11 attacks

US walks out on Ahmadinejad’s UN speech

UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad provoked yet another controversy Thursday saying a majority of people in the United States and around the world believe the American government staged the Sept. 11 terror attacks in an attempt to assure Israel’s survival.

US walks out on Ahmadinejad UN speech as he says some think Americans caused 9/11 attacks

US walks out on Ahmadinejad UN speech

UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. delegation walked out of the U.N. speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday after he said some in the world have speculated that Americans were behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks, staged in an attempt to assure Israel’s survival.

Afghan president Karzai calls for quick release of detained journalists

Afghan president calls for release of journalists

Hamas convicts, sentences alleged collaborator with Israel to death in latest Gaza campaign

Gaza Hamas sentences alleged collaborator to death

Virginia set to execute 1st woman in nearly century amid expressions of global concern

Va. to execute first woman in nearly a century

Iraqi told FBI that Saddam ‘delighted’ in 1998 embassy bombings, but had no links to bin Laden

Iraqi: Saddam ‘delighted’ in terror attacks on US