Firefighters try to extinguish a burning NATO supply oil tanker following an attack by gunmen on the outskirts of Quetta, June 19, 2011. A bomb explosion has destroyed 22 US-led NATO trucks carrying supplies for US-led forces in Afghanistan’s Samangan Province, an Afghan official says. The incident took place on Wednesday after a magnetic bomb placed in a parking lot exploded, setting the supply... 

Syrian Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha Syria’s deputy defense minister Assef Shawkat and security Chief General Hisham Ikhtiyar have been killed in a bomb attack on a security building in the capital Damascus. Syrian Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha was also killed in the bombing at the headquarters of the National Security Bureau on Wednesday. Cabinet ministers and senior security officials were meeting... 

Firefighters extinguish burning NATO supply oil tankers and goods trucks at a terminal following an overnight attack by gunmen in Quetta on December 9, 2011. Taliban militants have attacked 12 NATO tankers carrying fuel for US-led forces in eastern Afghanistan, Press TV reports. Afghan officials said that one driver was killed and four security guards were injured late on Sunday when the militants... 

Israeli protesters block a highway as they march through the streets of Tel Aviv to protest rising housing costs on July 15, 2012 Israeli protesters have torched a government office in Tel Aviv during a demonstration in solidarity with a man who recently self-immolated to protest against the Israeli economic policies. Over 2,000 Israelis gathered outside the office of National Insurance Institute in... 

Iran is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years. On Monday Iran accused the United States and the West of using technology to wage a “soft war” against the Islamic country. “I am suspicious about the drought in the southern part of the country,” said the head of Iran’s cultural heritage and tourism organization, Hassan Mousavi. In 2011, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the West... 

USNS Rappahannock. Fleet tankers or replenishment oilers are naval auxiliary ships with fuel tanks and dry cargo holds, which can replenish other ships while underway on the high seas. Rising tension in the Gulf has claimed a victim as a civilian boat came under fire from a US Navy ship after getting too close to an American tanker. One person was killed and three others wounded in the incident, say... 

An Israeli man sets himself on fire during protest in Tel Aviv on July 14, 2012. An Israeli protester, who set himself ablaze on Saturday night in the city of Tel Aviv, is fighting for his life after suffering extensive burns. Moshe Silman poured gasoline on his body and set himself on fire during a social justice demonstration. He was sent to Sheba Medical Center early on Sunday. Israeli President... 

A Russian Buk-M2 air defense system Russia says it has no plans to impose an arms embargo on Syria and intends to fulfill a contract for delivering air defense systems to the country. A senior Russian arms export official said on Wednesday that since the contract to deliver Syria the air defense systems were signed before the outbreak of unrest in the country, Moscow is obliged to fulfill its commitments. ”Russia... 

Egypt and Iran are set to restart bilateral relations after more than three decades of animosity. Iran will place no limits on the strengthening of relations with Egypt, said President Ahmadinejad in his first phone call with his counterpart. He invited newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to a summit of Non-Aligned Movement nations to be held in Tehran. The non-Aligned movement is a group... 

Palestinians hold candles and pictures of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during the seventh anniversary of his death in Gaza City, November 13, 2011. Scientists of a Swiss institute say they have evidence that former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with polonium. According to the findings of laboratory research conducted at the Institut de Radiophysique in Lausanne, Switzerland,... 

Members of the terrorist Free Syrian Army An estimated 10,000 armed men equipped with highly-sophisticated weapons, including anti-tank missiles, have reportedly entered Syria to help fuel the unrest in the country, Press TV has learned. Informed sources in the Qusayr village in Homs say the terrorists crossed into Syria from the Lebanese border and that they have taken positions in the suburbs of... 

Shocking images have surfaced, revealing the alleged desecration of Christian churches in Syria by Western-backed rebels. The pictures, taken by local Christians outraged at the violence, were published by PrisonPlanet.com. In one of the photos a man who is said to be a member of the Free Syrian Army poses in a stolen priest’s robe while brandishing a looted cross in one hand and a machine gun in... 

Israelis hold banners as they protest in Tel Aviv city on June 30, 2012. Thousands of Israelis have staged rallies in several cities to protest against social inequalities and the rising cost of living. The demonstrations were held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the northern city of Haifa on Saturday in an attempt to revive last summer’s cost-of-living protest movement. The protesters shouted, “The... 

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan (C) speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) next to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) at the opening of a meeting on June 30, 2012, at the United Nations office in Geneva. The Syrian crisis is to be resolved by a transition government consisting of the current authorities and opposition leaders. The proposal was announced by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi... 

Diplomats try again for peace but on the ground in Syria it is now war. As his helicopter gunships rained death from the skies and his artillery pounded villages with rebel sympathies, President Bashar al-Assad stated the obvious: Syria is at war. “When one is in a state of war, all our policies and capabilities must be used to secure victory,” he told his cabinet, in the safety of his...