Iraqi President Jalal Talabani falls ill
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President Jalal Talabani is ill and has flown to neighboring Jordan for medical treatment, his office said Sunday, adding there was "no cause for worry."
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Two children die and other Iraqis are critically ill, after eating cake poisoned with thallium in Baghdad.
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Former Indonesian president Suharto, who was rushed to hospital in critical condition last week, deteriorated on Tuesday as doctors tried to avert multiple organ failure, a member of his medical team said.
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Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is depressed and has begged the Iraqi government for mercy, Iraq&#39;s Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in an interview with in Al-Hayat today.
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The Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, rejected today calls for an international conference to reach a solution to the widening sectarian war in Iraq.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, admitted to a Jordanian hospital more than two weeks ago after collapsing from exhaustion and dehydration, will be released on Wednesday and return to Baghdad, Iraq's ambassador said Tuesday.
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Toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is said to be miserable and begging for mercy according to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. &quot;He is distraught and depressed,&quot; Allawi told the Arabic daily Al-Hayat in an
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Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein has had a hernia operation at a Baghdad hospital, officials reveal.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- There&#39;s been a death of a leader in the Arab world. State-run media say the president of the United Arab Emirates has died.
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The Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, was in a serious condition last night after a sharp deterioration in his health, Palestinian officials said.
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Reports say Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's successor as al-Qaeda in Iraq leader has been killed.
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The health of Indonesia's Suharto is getting worse, his doctors said Wednesday as the president succumbed to infections 20 days after being hospitalised.
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Former Indonesian dictator Suharto's condition was deteriorating after the 86-year-old was hospitalised in Jakarta, doctors said Saturday.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani warns   that Iraq can "make trouble" for its neighbors if they do not   stop interfering in his country's internal affairs.
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Iraq's interim president  says the US and Britain made a huge mistake when they disbanded the Iraqi army.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro fell as he left the stage after a speech on Wednesday night.(China Daily Photo). HAVANA, Oct. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- A medical examination confirmed that Cuban leader Fidel Castro broke
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said that "major negligence" by some military forces in Iraq led to the deaths of 49 Iraqi trainees.