Lebanon's opposition, including Iranian-backed Hezbollah, have agreed to join a national unity government proposed by Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri (pictured).
AFP journalist Farhad Pouladi was arrested in Tehran Wednesday as he phoned in a report to FRANCE 24 on the rallies marking the 30th anniversary of the 1979 storming of the US embassy in Tehran. Three other reporters were also detained.
AFP journalist Farhad Pouladi has been arrested by Iranian police as he was making a telephone report to FRANCE 24 on the rallies marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy in Tehran.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has confirmed he will not seek re-election in a vote planned for January, citing frustration at the stalemate in peace talks with Israel.
England coach Martin Johnson is hopeful comebacks by fly-half Jonny Wilkinson and hooker Steve Thompson will guide an injury-wrecked Red Rose to victory over Australia in the first of their autumn Tests on Saturday.
The French president has admitted to “having committed an error” by letting his son seek a job managing France's top business district, the La Defense skyscraper park west of Paris, according to a source at the Elysée presidential palace.
Former French President Jacques Chirac is set to be tried on corruption charges after prosecutors said they would not appeal a judge's decision ordering him to stand trial over a 'ghost jobs' scandal.
New Zealand's Jonah Lomu, once rugby's most feared player before his career was cut short by kidney disease, has arrived in Marseille where he will play for the local third-division side, Marseille-Vitrolles.
An Afghan policeman has killed five British soldiers at a checkpoint where the men, who all died of gunshot wounds, were mentoring their Afghan counterparts, the UK military says.
