Iran has arrested 30 people for waging what it called an organized, U.S.-backed cyber war against the nation, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday.

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Iran arrests 30 accused of cyber war

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was admitted to a hospital in Seoul on Saturday for “minor stomach troubles,” the state-run Yonhap news agency reported.

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Kissinger taken to S. Korean hospital

Seven people, mostly tourists, were killed Thursday when a small plane crashed in southern Peru, near the famous Nazca Lines, the official Andina news agency reported, citing Nazca police.

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Plane crashes over Peru geoglyphs

A 400-year-old minaret collapsed Friday in Meknes, Morocco, killing 11 people and injuring 50, the Interior Ministry reported, according to the official news agency Maghreb Arabe Presse.

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Minaret falls in Morocco, killing 36

An Iranian court has sentenced one person to death and eight others to prison for their parts in anti-government demonstrations in December, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Tuesday.

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Report: Iran protester sentenced to die

Iran’s police chief warns that security forces will firmly confront “illegal” gatherings on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, a semi-official news agency reported.

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Iran’s police chief warns against potential protests

North Korea is to release a US man detained since December for illegally entering the country, the state news agency says.

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North Korea ‘to free US activist’

Iran will soon execute nine more people in connection with the country’s post-election riots, the semiofficial FARS news agency reported Tuesday.

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Iran vows to hang nine over protests

A Russian cargo ship with about 30 crew members aboard was in danger of sinking off Russia’s eastern coast while stormy weather interfered with rescue efforts, state-run Itar-Tass news agency said Friday.

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Russian ship ‘in danger of sinking’

The man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison in Turkey Monday, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported.

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Man who shot pope freed from prison

The trial of a French academic arrested last summer amid post-election protests in Iran has ended, an Iranian news agency reported Saturday.

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French academic’s trial ends in Iran

An investigation continued Monday into a helicopter crash that killed six people, including prominent Mexican businessman Moises Saba Masri, the state-run Notimex news agency said.

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Telecoms tycoon killed in copter crash

Five people arrested after street disturbances erupted in Tehran during the recent Ashura holy day could face the death penalty, an Iranian semi-official news agency reported Thursday.

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Iran report: 5 protesters face execution

A man described as “one of al Qaeda’s most dangerous members” was arrested in Yemen, the Yemeni military, an embassy official and state-run news agency Saba said.

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Yemen: Al Qaeda terrorist arrested

Prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his role in a subversion case, the official Chinese news agency reports.

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Xinhua: China sentences dissident to 11 years in prison