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A senior Iranian general was killed in a munitions blast at a base housing the country's elite Revolutionary Guards. A total of 17 soldiers were killed and 16 more injured and admitted to hospital, with at least one of the injured believed to be in a critical condition.

Following the release of a recent U.N. report indicating suspicious activities in Iran's nuclear program, Israeli leaders have indicated a more urgent need to impose stricter sanctions against the program.

At a summit expected to produce at least the new outline of free trade agreements with key Asian markets, Middle East geopolitics took center-stage, at least initially, as the United States and Russia reaffirmed their intention to work and shape a common response regarding Iran's nuclear program.

A massive explosion at a military arms depot near the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday killed 17 Revolutionary Guards and wounded 15, a representative of the elite fighting force told the semiofficial Fars news agency.

The incident occurred in the village of Bigdaneh, near the city of Karaj.

A massive explosion at a military arms depot near the Iranian capital Tehran killed 15 servicemen on Saturday and seriously wounded several others, in what officials were treating as an accident.

MBA programs like Wharton are on a mission to actively seek out military veterans. The school said that employers are also taking special steps to do the same and have veterans take part in internships and management programs.

United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta does not think attacking Iran would be a good idea, even if Iran is building nuclear weapons.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney laid down a foreign policy marker on Wednesday, saying that if elected he would not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav was sentenced to seven years in prison for rape and sexual harassment. The decision was made by Israel's Supreme Court, upholding a prior lower-court conviction.

Russia and China voiced their opposition to new round of sanctions against Iran in a meeting in Moscow. Russia and China have expressed “the mutual conviction that the application of new, additional sanctions against Iran will not lead to the desired result,” Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Former President Moshe Katsav has been ordered to spend seven years in prison by the Supreme Court of Israel while rejecting his appeal of a rape conviction and other sex crimes.

A private investigator in Atlanta claims that expensive voice software can prove that Herman Cain was telling the truth when he denied all sexual harassment allegations at a press conference on Tuesday, and that accuser Sharon Bialek was lying in her own press conference on Monday.

As expected, Tehran is annoyed with the International Atomic Energy Agency's Tuesday report stating serious concerns about Iran's clandestine program aimed at developing nuclear warheads.

Anonymous, the famed hacktivist organization, is apparently planning a major operation on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. The group released a video on YouTube explaining their intentions.

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit near Van, Turkey on Wednesday, causing at least 18 buildings to collapse, including a six-story hotel where rescuers are now working to free 35 trapped people.

Russia attacked Tuesday's International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's nuclear program, saying that it would not allow the United Nations to impose any punitive measures on the Islamic republic.

Israel will be closely watching its most powerful ally's presidential race with great concentration, trying to figure out which American candidate will have its best interests in mind.

French President Sarkozy was overheard telling President Obama that Prime Minister Netanyahu is a liar after a G20 summit press conference.

Moments after the International Atomic Energy Agency issued its report on Iran's nuclear weapons program, Iran went on the defensive, calling the finding a hoax devised by the United States.

In addition to proclaiming that Massachusetts U.S. Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren is a socialist, Paul also said public schooling is a socialist thing.