Topic: Mohammed Amin

Opium production in Afghanistan fell by a third this year, but due more to bad weather than government efforts to curb poppy crops.

The withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan will likely result in a new surge in the production of opium poppies, counter-narcotics experts predicted.

Iraqi lawmakers must revise a measure on provincial elections after Iraqi President Jalal Talabani vetoed an elections bill.

Residents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah blamed the U.S. Marines for humiliating Islam by handing out coins with a Bible verse on them.

A new judge has been found in Iraq by the tribunal charged with trying deposed dictator Saddam Hussein in place of the one who recently resigned.

Iraq's top national security official says that the judge in the trial of Saddam Hussein is letting the former dictator dominate the proceedings.

Saddam Hussein's trial in Baghdad adjourned for two weeks Wednesday, after the deposed Iraqi leader refused to appear in person in "a court without justice." After hearing from two witnesses without Saddam present Wednesday, Chief Judge Rizgar Mohammed Am

At least 18 people have died in post-election violence throughout Iraq the past two days, officials say. In the deadliest of the attacks, insurgents killed 12 Iraqi army recruits and critically wounded two others in an ambush on their bus southwest of the

A high-ranking official Israeli team is undertaking a visit to Mauritania in a move to boost diplomatic relations established five years ago.

Virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma will be the guest soloist with the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra Dec. 9 at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.