RIGHTS-IRAQ: Coalition Troops Tortured Prisoners, Says Amnesty

Iraqis taken prisoner by coalition forces have been tortured, and about 2,000 are still detained without any outside contact, members of an Amnesty International team said here Friday.

POLITICS-MIDEAST: Saudi Blasts Spell More Unrest, Violence Ahead

This week's suicide blasts in Saudi Arabia are not only the first backlash after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, but a probable precursor to more violent and restive times ahead in the Middle East, analysts say.

IRAQ: British Minister Quits over U.S. Role

Simmering tensions over Iraq within the British government boiled over Monday with the resignation of Clare Short, Secretary for the Department for International Development.

IRAQ: Anti-Muslim Attacks Penetrate U.S. ‘Hallowed Halls of Ivy’

Since U.S. forces attacked Iraq in March, college campuses nationwide have seen backlashes against both Muslim students and anti-war activists. At Yale University alone, students claim seven instances of violence have occurred on what are normally the sheltered grounds of educational privilege.

IRAQ: IAEA Fears over Damage at Nuclear Plant

Officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) say they have been reduced to bystanders in the face of reports of widespread damage to Iraq's nuclear facilities.

IRAQ: She Must Have Been Crazy to Oppose Saddam

Lahib Kishmesh had seemed headed for the good life. Her wealthy parents sent her to Paris in the seventies to train as a lawyer. Her success was to prove her undoing.

IRAQ: Next Target: Iran?

With Iraq under U.S. occupation and Syria shaken by a series of high-level threats from the administration here, Iran is now looming as a major target for U.S. pressure.

POLITICS: U.N. Divided Despite New U.S. ‘Evidence’ Against Iraq

Despite a rash of new U.S. charges accusing Iraq of hiding its weapons of mass destruction, the 15-member U.N. Security Council remained divided Wednesday over the need for a military attack on Baghdad.