Hardline

A senior hardline cleric on Friday urged Iranians not to misuse Ashura ceremonies this weekend to create "disunity," amid police warnings of a crackdown on illegal gatherings during the solemn Shiite event. Read More

The strike called by separatists against the alleged illegal occupation of land by troops in Jammu and Kashmir disrupted normal life in Anantnag on Friday. Read More

The Taliban on Friday released a video purportedly showing US soldier Bowe Robert Bergdahl, who was captured in Afghanistan about six months ago. Read More

A suicide car bomber killed eight Afghan civilians on Thursday when he detonated his explosives outside a guest house frequented by foreigners in southern Kandahar city, a police official said. Read More

As lawmakers once again try to put the heat on the state's largest rural electric co-op this legislative session, at least one state senator will be in the Intermountain Rural Electric Association's corner, even though he may have to recuse himself from key votes. Read More

Security forces and hard-line militiamen assaulted opposition protesters, beating men and women and firing tear gas, as thousands gathered in a central Iranian city for a memorial commemorating the country's most senior dissident cleric, who died this week. Read More