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Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has plan to cut its annual import deal with Iran by 44 percent according to the latest report.

The West and the Middle East have long had a strained political relationship. But when it comes to architecture, a more fruitful partnership has emerged.

Christians fear a radical Islamist government will take over once Assad is gone.

Chief Rabbinate of Israel has ordered Kashrut supervisors to remove the popular American drink Dr. Pepper from stores, because the production of the drink is not being reviewed for compatibility with Jewish dietary laws, an Israeli blogger has found. A group of anti-war activists in Utah have put up a billboard with the words Bomb Iran supposedly to create awareness among the citizens against a potential war with Iran, involving Israel. The Women's International Zionist Organization, ...

Turkey is maintaining the façade of good relations with Iran, while a larger power struggle for domination of the Middle East is brewing between Ankara and Tehran

Workers at an electrical products factory in eastern China received a pleasant shock when they returned to their jobs after the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays.

Kenyan authorities believe that Samantha Lewthwaite, widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay, may be connected to a foiled Mombasa terror plot.

An independent panel released a report Tuesday indicating that the U.S. Military disposed of some 9/11 victim remains at a landfill in the aftermath of the 2001 terror attack, and New Yorkers are beginning to react to the scandal.

The alleged plan would not involve sending land troops into Syria given the formidable power of the Syrian armed forces,

The Obama administration will not swerve from plans to move into an advisory role in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Monday, despite the killing of U.S. advisers over the weekend that underscored the risks foreign soldiers will face as they rush to train Afghan forces.

Israel’s hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit with President Barack Obama in Washington next week to discuss the Iran matter.

WikiLeaks has published over five million emails from a U.S.-based global security analysis and intelligence firm, Stratfor.

After months of silence, ExxonMobil executives confirmed the company's exploration deal with the semi-autonomous Kurdish Government in Northern Iraq.

Exxon Mobil has disclosed its plans to explore for oil in Iraq's Kurdistan in the company's annual report, breaking months of silence over the investment that has outraged Baghdad.

The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said it would begin publishing more than 5 million e-mails Monday from a U.S.-based global security think tank, apparently obtained by hackers.

The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said it would begin publishing more than five million emails Monday from a US-based global security think tank, apparently obtained by hackers.

The U.S. government is eyeing Israel, Canada and the United Arab Emirates as possible initial foreign buyers of the V-22 Osprey, a tilt-rotor aircraft built by Boeing Co and Bell Helicopter, a top U.S. Marine Corps official told Reuters.

Saudi Arabia has raised crude exports and the United States is considering releasing oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as crude-oil prices hit nine-month highs on Friday and concerns deepened over Iran's nuclear program.

Leaders of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas turned publicly against their long-time ally President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Friday, endorsing the revolt aimed at overthrowing his dynastic rule.

The Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks, in what was called the largest document leak in United States history, declined to enter a plea at this start of his court-martial on Thursday.

TORONTO, Feb. 23 -- Muslim countries are overthrowing fundamentalist rulers and the United States could have a Mormon presidential candidate as religion keeps a firm, inevitable foot in politics.