BAGHDAD, March 19 (UPI) -- The head of the chamber of commerce in the northern Iraqi province of Dahuk said a Kurdish delegation will travel to Turkey for an international business expo.

GAZA, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Palestinian officials said drugs are being smuggled from Egypt into Gaza by women who hide the substances in their bras or private parts.

QUETTA, Pakistan, March 23 (UPI) -- Two Pakistanis connected with a 2005 bombing of a Shiite shrine in southwestern Pakistan, in which 47 people died, have been sentenced to death. While Abdul Halim and Mohammad Aslam were sentenced to life in prison for the attack on the shrine in Fatehpur

DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad has named his foreign minister to replace a vice president who left the country, accusing the regime of stifling dissent.

LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw issues tough words for Syria as he heads to Lebanon which, until early 2005, was occupied by Syria for decades.

DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Syrian officials have not responded to a U.N. commission's request to interview President Bashir Assad about the assassination of Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri.

DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A United Nations panel investigating the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri wants to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 9 (UPI) -- Egypt's opposition Kifaya group has threatened to take prominent members of the ruling party to the international criminal court, it was reported Thursday.

CAIRO, March 27 (UPI) -- One of Egypt's top movie stars, Ahmad Zaki, died Sunday at the age of 55 following a 14-month battle with cancer.