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Iran condemned for youth hanging
20 08 2008 Amnesty International condemns the hanging in Iran of a youth for a crime committed when he was under 18 years old.
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Lebanon PM visits Iraq for talks
20 08 2008 Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora arrives in Baghdad, in the first visit by a Lebanese leader since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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US ex-marine faces Iraq charges
20 08 2008 The civil trial opens of an ex-US marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees in Falluja, in the first case of its kind.
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Iraq governor's office attacked
19 08 2008 The governor of Diyala province says his secretary was killed in an attack by a unit of the security forces on his office in Baquba.
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Bombing kills dozens in Algeria
19 08 2008 A bomb attack on a police college east of Algiers kills 43 people and injures 38, according to Algeria's interior ministry.
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Iraq governor's office attacked
19 08 2008 The governor of Doyala province says his secretary was killed in an attack by a unit of the security forces on his office in Baquba.
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Iraq governor's office attacked
19 08 2008 The governor of the Iraqi province of Diyala says his secretary was killed in an attack by a unit of the security forces on his office in Baquba.
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Israel agrees to free two killers
18 08 2008 Two Palestinians jailed for taking part in the killing of Israelis are among 199 prisoners to be freed by Israel.
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Israel agrees to free two killers
18 08 2008 Two Palestinians jailed for taking part in the killing of Israelis are among 200 prisoners to be freed by Israel.
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Nuclear envoy begins Iran talks
18 08 2008 A senior nuclear official arrives in Iran, one day after the country launched a satellite-carrying rocket into space.
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Baghdad suicide bomber kills 15
18 08 2008 A suicide bomber kills at least 15 people, including an anti-al-Qaeda leader, in a mainly Sunni part of Iraq's capital, Baghdad.
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Israel to free 200 Palestinians
17 08 2008 Israel's cabinet agrees to free some 200 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to the Palestinian Authority.
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Iran 'fires satellite into space'
17 08 2008 Iran has launched its first domestically-produced satellite into space, the country's media says.
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Turkish warplanes 'bomb PKK base'
17 08 2008 The Turkish military says its warplanes have "successfully" hit a base of PKK Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
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US jail guards in Iraq abuse case
16 08 2008 Six US sailors working as prison camp guards in Iraq face courts martial for abusing detainees, the US Navy says.
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Israel 'worry' at settler attacks
16 08 2008 Israeli officials are reported to have raised concerns about an increase in violence by Jewish settlers in the West Bank.
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Shia pilgrims killed in Baghdad
16 08 2008 At least six people are killed in a car bomb attack on Shia pilgrims in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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'Time right' for UK Iraq troops
15 08 2008 The outgoing commander of British forces in Iraq says conditions are right for a change in the UK mission there.
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'Scope' to review UK Iraq troops
15 08 2008 The outgoing commander of British forces in Iraq says conditions are right for a change in the UK mission there.
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'Time right' for Iraq task change
15 08 2008 The outgoing commander of British forces in Iraq says conditions are right for a change in the UK mission there.
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Lebanon-Syria to demarcate border
14 08 2008 Lebanon and Syria agree to resume work on formally demarcating for the first time their common border.
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Troops cleared of cameraman death
14 08 2008 An Israeli tank crew is cleared of wrongdoing over the death of a Reuters cameraman, Israel's senior military lawyer says.
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Lebanon chief mends ties in Syria
13 08 2008 Lebanon's president arrives in Damascus for talks with Syria's leader, the first such trip after three years of turbulence.
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Lebanese city rocked by bus bomb
13 08 2008 An explosion close to a bus in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli kills at least 14 people including off-duty soldiers.
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Lebanese city rocked by bus bomb
13 08 2008 An explosion close to a bus in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli kills at least 11 people including off-duty soldiers.
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