Iran closely monitors moves in Persian Gulf: IRGC commander

A senior Iranian naval commander has warned against "evil" deeds of certain countries in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, stressing the Islamic Republic fully and closely monitors all moves in the region.“The Islamic Republic of Iran carefully and completely scrutinizes bids ...

Iran drill warning to enemies, no threat to neighbors: Commander

A senior Iranian commander says the recent military drill by the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces warns enemies against any possible attack against the country’s soil but conveys a message of friendship to regional countries.“The most important message of the drill (Ja'far Tayyar) for ...

Kodak confirms it had weapons-grade uranium in underground lab

Kodak -- the company known for decades for its cameras and film -- this week confirmed it used weapons-grade uranium in an underground lab in upstate New York for upwards of 30 years.A company spokesman and a former scientist for the firm say there was not enough material to sustain a nuclear chain ...

Former top FBI agent charged with child porn distribution

A former supervisory FBI agent has been arrested and jailed on child pornography charges.Donald Sachtleben was taken into custody and charged Monday after a nationwide undercover investigation of illegal child porn images traded over the Internet.The 54-year-old resident of Carmel, Indiana, has pleaded ...

Bahrain activist says charge over tweets 'vindictive'

Prominent Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab told a court on Wednesday that a charge that he tweeted insults against the government were "vindictive," as dozens of lawyers turned up to defend him."The charge against me is vindictive and is due to my rights activism," Rajab told ...

US House mulls measure against Iran containment

The US House of Representatives debated a resolution that rejects containment of a nuclear Iran on Tuesday evening.The non-binding resolution "strongly supports United States policy to prevent the government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, rejects any United States policy ...

Exclusive: China pushes North Korea to drop nuclear test plan: sources

China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between the countries, but there is no indication how the North will react.If North Korea goes ahead with the test, China would consider taking ...

Pakistan president to attend NATO summit

Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanistan continues.Nadeem Hotiana, a Pakistani embassy spokesman in Washington, said on Tuesday that Asif Ali Zardari would attend the May 20-21 summit....

FBI: Number of officers slain on duty increased in 2011

Seventy-two law enforcement officers in the U.S. were slain in the line of duty in 2011, an increase of 16 over the previous year, according to an FBI report released Monday. The report does not include reasons for the rise.The statistics collected by the FBI from police agencies across the nation reflects ...

U.S. commander: Jordan war drill not threat to Syria

A U.S. army commander said Tuesday that a joint military drill that has brought together forces from 19 countries in Jordan is not meant as a threat to neighboring Syria or its leader, Bashar Assad.Syrian newspapers have lashed out at the ongoing "Exercise Eager Lion 12," claiming it was named ...

Ex-detective accused of rape to blame attack on antidepressant

Ex-detective accused of rape to blame attack on antidepressant

Man sets himself on fire outside Breivik trial

An unidentified man set himself on fire Tuesday outside the courthouse where right-wing extremist Anders Breivik is being tried on terror charges for a bombing and shooting massacre July 22.Police operations leader Finn Belle told The Associated Press that the man doused himself in a flammable liquid ...

Strauss-Kahn launches $1-million countersuit against hotel maid

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is striking back against the New York City hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault with a $1 million countersuit.The disgraced French politician and former head of the International Monetary Fund said in court papers filed Monday that Nafissatou Diallo made a “malicious ...

Twitter has 10 million UK users

Twitter has 10 million active users in Britain and 80 per cent of them access the service on mobile devices.

Kaspersky denies Apple security study request

Russian antivirus company Kaspersky Lab denied on Tuesday having received a request from computer maker Apple to study its Mac OS X operating system for protection against cyber threats, Kaspersky said on Tuesday.British site computing.co.uk, quoting Kaspersky CTO Nikolai Grebennikov, reported on Monday ...

‘Israelis are real fascists’ – Arab deputy speaker in Knesset

There will be no positive developments on the Israel-Palestine track under the current Israeli cabinet. The coalition is the most right-wing and anti-Arab in the country’s history believes Ahmed Tibi, an Arab deputy speaker in the Knesset.RT:Last year the Israeli parliament passed the Nakba law ...

Poll: Most Americans support same-sex unions

A new CBS News/New York Times Poll shows a solid majority of Americans support legal recognition for same-sex couples - though not necessarily through the official act of marriage - and the number of people who do support full marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples is significantly higher among ...

Terrorist groups kill 23 Syrian soldiers in Rastan

Terrorist groups fighting against the Syrian government have killed 23 more security forces in the northern city of Rastan, opposition activists reported.According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, dozens of others were also injured in the early morning violence on the outskirts ...

Russia against new Iran sanctions

Russia remains opposed to new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program and is not considering them at present, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Monday."UN Security Council sanctions over Iran would be contradictory," he said.Western nations suspect Iran of pursuing ...

Bushehr to begin operations in 2012 - Rosatom

Bushehr, Iran’s first nuclear power plant, will start commercial energy production by the end of 2012, the plant's General Designer Valery Limarenko said on Monday."We want to put it [into commercial production] at the end of this year. We plan to complete the main work concerning machinery ...