ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- NATO Secretary-General Andres Fogh Rasmussen urged Turkey, the only predominantly Muslim NATO member, to increase its military commitment in Afghanistan.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A row reminiscent of the Prophet Mohammad cartoon crisis has flared up between Israel and Sweden. Israel is furious with the Swedish government because Stockholm, citing freedom of the press, refuses to condemn a newspaper article that indirectly accuses Israeli soldiers of smuggling organs from dead Palestinians.

ZAHEDAN, Iran, May 29 (UPI) -- Iranian intelligence officials arrested several suspects linked to a Thursday terrorist bombing at a mosque while leading clerics point to U.S.-Israeli ties.

TEHRAN, May 28 (UPI) -- Supporters of incumbent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held rallies in his support during commemorations honoring the daughter of the Islamic prophet.

BRUSSELS, March 23 (UPI) -- Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen appears next in line to become the NATO secretary-general, analysts said in Brussels.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- More than 30 people died and 84 were injured Friday when a female suicide bomber detonated a device on a major Shiite pilgrimage route in Iraq, officials said.

BERLIN, April 1 (UPI) -- European security officials have warned of an increased terror threat after a Dutch lawmaker published an anti-Islam film on the Internet.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Pakistani authorities' efforts to block access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube from Internet addresses in their own country effectively shut down the site altogether at the weekend, disrupting access to it by would-be visitors from all over the world.

KARBALA, Iraq, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 40 Muslim pilgrims and wounded 60 others as they traveled to Karbala for a Shiite holiday Sunday, the Interior Ministry said.