Kurdish Iraqis near the Turkish border react to Ankara’s decision to allow cross-border incursions into northern Iraq, to hunt down Kurdish PKK rebels. read more… »

London, Oct. 18 - The global human rights group Amnesty International launched an urgent appeal on Thursday to save the life a young man who is sentenced to be executed for a crime he allegedly committed while still a minor. read more… »

Tehran, Iran, Oct. 18 - Iranian authorities hanged eight men and a woman in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on Thursday. read more… »

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The top NATO commander in Afghanistan alleged Thursday that the Iranian military was involved in a shipment of sophisticated explosive devices intercepted by his troops in western Afghanistan last month. read more… »

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush said the U.S. and Russia remain in agreement on preventing Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, a development that he said would risk “World War III.” read more… »

London, Oct. 17 - The international press freedoms watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its annual report ranked Iran as the worst violator of press freedoms in the Middle East. read more… »

TEHRAN, Oct 17 (Reuters) - France’s Total and Royal Dutch Shell must finalize their gas deals with Iran by June or the giant South Pars project will go ahead without them, an Iranian official was quoted as saying. read more… »