Middle East tension is driving demand for military hardware at the Dubai Air Show which opened on Sunday.
Hamas authorities have called off annual Palestinian Independence Day celebrations in the Gaza Strip.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rules by divine mandate, and Iranian official claimed.
The United States squeezed Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday to show more backbone in fighting corruption.
Iran's Ali Khamenei has created a powerful new intelligence organisation to quell any further public unrest.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Iran's readiness for international nuclear cooperation.
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas resisted U.S. pressure for a resumption of peace talks with Israel.
The U.S. is willing to give Iran time to decide whether to accept a U.N.-brokered deal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Palestinians Monday to resume negotiations with Israel.
Britons are not convinced the war in Afghanistan can be won, says Britain's chief of defence staff.