CANBERRA, Australia — Australia ordered the expulsion of an Israeli diplomat Monday after investigators concluded Israel was responsible for forging four Australian passports that were used in the slaying of a Hamas operative in Dubai.

Protesters surge into Bangkok from rural areas, hoping to force new elections

Protesters surge into Bangkok wanting new election

Gates: Gulf allies understand Iran sanctions next step; Iranian support for Taliban ‘limited’

Gates: Gulf allies understand Iran sanctions next

Gates says Iranian support for Taliban in Afghanistan is ‘pretty limited’

Gates: Iran support for Taliban ‘pretty limited’

Vice president: Iran to cut ties with British Museum in spat over Cyrus the Great artifact

Iran to cut ties with British Museum over loan

Iran rights group calls for release of 33 ‘mourning mothers’ detained during weekly vigil

Rights group asks Iran to free ‘mourning mothers’

Dubai gears up to inaugurate world’s tallest tower Burj Dubai on Monday; height still a secret

No tall tale: Dubai to open world’s highest tower

Iran accuses West of fomenting deadly clashes, summons British ambassador to protest

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Tens of thousands march in funeral for dissident cleric, chanting slogans against government

Iran cleric’s funeral turns to opposition protest

Witnesses: Protest cries at funeral for dissident Iranian cleric in holy city of Qom

Witnesses: Protests at funeral for Iranian cleric

Spiritual father of Iran’s reform movement dies; thousands gather in holy city for funeral

Spiritual father of Iran’s reform movement dies

Guinea’s hated coup leader organizes ethnic militia trained by white contractors

Civil war feared in Guinea as militia grows

Iran warns of tough action if shown that British yacht crew had ‘bad intentions’

Iran warns of tough action against British sailors

Iranian FM official: case of British sailors detained in Gulf is under investigation

Iran official: British sailors’ case investigated

Offical: Dubai World’s debt delay request made with “full knowledge” of market reaction

Dubai World’s debt freeze ‘carefully planned’

Where’s Rafsanjani? Iran’s leaders seek to sideline critic within ruling system

Iran seeks to quiet critic inside ruling system

Afghans continue pulling money from Kabul Bank amid concerns over liquidity, risky lending

Mother of slain Iranian woman who become protest icon seeks international pressure for justice

Iranian media banned from coverage of opposition leaders, says pro-reform websites

US officials to press China, others on implementation of Iran sanctions

Australia moves to expel Israeli diplomat over forged passports used in Dubai slaying

Jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi begins hunger strike, opposition website says

Ex-governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta state freed on bail in Dubai after corruption arrest

Security slip let Times Square bomb suspect board plane; he was moments away from takeoff

Rights group calls on Yemen and rebels to investigate war crime allegations amid truce

Britain to expel Israeli diplomat from London over use of UK passports in Dubai slaying

Obama’s Iran outreach: Offering dialogue but also seeking sanctions