DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have barred two prominent politicians from running for president, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, leaving the June 14 election to be contested between mostly hardline conservatives loyal to the country's ... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's state TV says overseers of next month's presidential election have rejected a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's election process slipped into a tense holding pattern Tuesday amid speculation that candidates blocked from the ballot include a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hop... [Full Article]
Some 1,500 Egyptian women blocked a main road in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, claiming a judge prevented them from voting on the draft constitution because they weren't veiled. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
An Indian court on Wednesday barred the disgraced head of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games from attending the opening of the London Olympics, saying his presence would be an "embarrassment". (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Police barred artist Ai Weiwei from a hearing on his company's lawsuit against Beijing tax authorites and blocked filming at the courthouse Wednesday as part of an intimidation campaign against the outspoken government critic. (Source: Associate... [Full Article]
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was barred from a hearing Wednesday challenging a multi-million-dollar tax penalty against a firm he founded, he said, accusing authorities of seeking to "crush" him. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Rajat Gupta, the former top rank Wall Street executive accused of insider trading, was never allowed to divulge information he allegedly fed to a hedge fund trader, the head of Goldman Sachs bank said Thursday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
The latest shocking twist in the Android Patent soap opera ('As the Droid Turns?' 'The Young and the Wireless?') is definitely going to ruffle some feathers: Apple wants all of HTC's new Android phones banned from being sold in the United States. Per... [Full Article]