BAGHDAD, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Iraqi politicians from Sunni and Shiite parties raised objections to perceived Iranian interference at various polling centers for the provincial elections.

LONDON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will keep engaging in peace negotiations with Israel no matter who is elected prime minister.

ALGIERS, Algeria, July 14 (UPI) -- A top leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network has been killed in an operation by the Algerian military east of the capital, Algiers.

JERUSALEM, June 22 (UPI) -- Israel has refused to free 30 specific prisoners demanded by Hamas in exchange for a soldier kidnapped in Gaza, an Arab newspaper in London reported.

WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- The Saudi government is launching a program to retrain 40,000 Islamic clerics in a "culture of dialogue … centrism and moderation," reports as-Sharq al-Awsat.

CAIRO, March 18 (UPI) -- Egyptian intelligence chief Gen. Omar Suleiman Tuesday delayed a trip to Israel alleging Israel's "lack of commitment" to end the conflict in Gaza.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- As Washington, Baghdad and Ankara intensively seek a last-minute diplomatic solution to Turkey's intention to invade Iraqi Kurdistan to deal a decisive blow to Kurdistan Workers Party guerrillas, the ominous consequences of an invasion are becoming clearer.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Iraq’s pipelines and oil infrastructure await a promised attack by Kurdish separatists in response to Turkish attacks on the rebel mountain bases.

JERUSALEM, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas met Wednesday at Olmert's Jerusalem residence.