Iranian opposition leaders face arrest
Iran’s parliament has asked authorities to arrest “the main instigators and directors” of Sunday’s violent anti-government protests, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Patrick Stewart to receive knighthood
He has played kings, princes, captains and professors on stage and screen, but now actor Patrick Stewart will have a new title all his own: “Sir.”
UK hostage freed in Iraq after 2 years
British hostage Peter Moore has been freed after being held captive in Iraq since May 2007, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced Wednesday. Moore was in good health, Miliband said at a news conference, adding that he had spoken with the former hostage.
Iran opposition leader’s nephew buried after riots
The nephew of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi was buried Wednesday, three days after he was killed in anti-government demonstrations.
U.S. sees more al Qaeda-plot links
In a marked shift from previous positions, senior Obama administration officials now say they are starting to see an al Qaeda connection to the attempted terror attack on a U.S.-bound airliner.
Officials: U.S., Yemen reviewing targets
The U.S. and Yemen are now looking at fresh targets in Yemen for a potential retaliation strike, two senior U.S. officials told CNN Tuesday, in the aftermath of the botched Christmas Day attack on an airliner that al Qaeda in Yemen claims it organized.
Inquiry on over Mexican drug lord’s body
A medical examiner and three employees were suspended Monday pending the outcome of an inquiry into whether they meddled with the body of a slain Mexican drug kingpin, a state prosecutor’s office official told CNN.
Power lines blamed for Australia bushfires
Officials in Western Australia declared a natural disaster Wednesday after bushfires roared across the state, destroying more than 30 homes.
Former Gitmo detainees investigated in plot
U.S. counterterrorism officials are investigating possible links between the attempted Northwest Airlines bombing and two former Guantanamo Bay prisoners who say they are leaders in an al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group based in Yemen, U.S. officials told CNN on Tuesday.
Obama: Human, systemic failure to blame
President Obama said Tuesday a “mix of human and systemic human failure” allowed a terror suspect to board a U.S. airliner in the botched bombing on Christmas Day.