Four people were killed and 13 others wounded in two separate explosions inside vehicles in Baghdad on Wednesday, a well-informed Interior Ministry source said.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Wednesday left here for Moscow, starting a three-nation tour that includes also China and Kazakhstan, the official news agency MENA reported.

Unknown gunmen kidnapped a senior judge near Iraq's northern city of Samarra, provincial police said on Wednesday.

Israeli troops stormed West Bank town of Tulkarem on Wednesday morning and arrested a number of Palestinians, security sources said.

Israeli troops stormed West Bank town of Tulkarem on Wednesday morning and arrested a number of Palestinians, security sources said.

A Thai taxi driver who protested against the Sept. 19 coup by slamming his taxi into a tank at the Royal Plaza last month killed himself by hanging himself from a pedestrian overbridge in Bangkok on Wednesday in an apparent protest against the military coup, according to local reports.

A Thai taxi driver who protested against the Sept. 19 coup by slamming his taxi into a tank at the Royal Plaza last month killed himself by hanging himself from a pedestrian overbridge in Bangkok on Wednesday in an apparent protest against the military coup, according to local reports.

The Nepali peace process is heading towards final solution soon with agreement on all the pending issues in a single package if the leaders of ruling Seven- Party Alliance (SPA) and guerrillas are to be believed.

Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz Wednesday morning said that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would continue its operations in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli daily Jerusalem Post reported.

Iran said on Wednesday that it will stage "extensive" military maneuvers in the Gulf waters starting from Thursday, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.