Al-Aima bridge reopens in Baghdad
Salih al-Haidari, the head of Iraq's Shiite Muslim religious endowments, prays with unidentified Sunni and Shiite Muslims inside the Sunni Muslim Abu Hanifa mosque in the Adhamiyah district following the reopening of the Al-Aima bridge which spans the Tigris River linking the centuries-old neighborhoods of Kadhimiyah and Adhamiyah, the former named for a revered Shiite shrine and the latter built around the tomb of a famed Sunni lawmaker, on November 11, 2008, in Baghdad. Authorities in Baghdad opened the bridge linking historic Sunni and Shiite districts that was closed in 2005 after nearly 1,000 Shiite pilgrims perished in a deadly stampede. (UPI Photo/Ali Jasim)
Latest Headlines
Alarmed at the prospect of a U.S.-Iranian rapprochement, Israel is reported to be discussing the possibility of an anti-Iran alliance with longtime Arab adversaries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a project that could have immense ramifications in the Middle East.
Nearly half the rebels fighting to topple the Iranian-backed Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad are either diehard al-Qaida jihadists or hardline Islamists primarily focused on setting up a strict Islamic state, according to a report by the defense consultancy IHS Jane's.
Islamic militant group al-Shabaab killed two former top leaders of the group from the United States and Britain Thursday in Somalia, witnesses told the BBC.
Egypt's new government says it will re-examine changes in diplomatic relations with Syria under former President Mohammad Morsi.
Seven people, four of them Shiites, died in shootings in Quetta in Pakistan's Balochistan province, where sectarian violence has escalated, police said.
U.S. President Barack Obama said he is "deeply concerned" after Egypt's military ousted President Mohamed Morsi and suspended the constitution Wednesday.
Colombia's defense ministry is alarmed about an exodus of top soldiers to the United Arab Emirates to join a highly paid U.S.-led mercenary force organized by Erik Prince, billionaire founder of the infamous security firm Blackwater.
A roadside bomb struck a police vehicle in northwest Pakistan, killing five people, including a senior police official, authorities said.
A bomb attack Thursday targeting a security forces vehicle in Quetta in Pakistan's violence-hit Balochistan province killed at least 12 people, police said.
Syrian opposition forces said their hospitals were overflowing with wounded Monday as government forces unleashed new airstrikes on the city of Qusayr.
Quotes
United Press International
United Press International
United Press International
