COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has designated 15 foreign organisations run by ethnic Tamils as “terrorist groups”, accusing them of trying to revive a separatist...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has designated 15 foreign organisations run by ethnic Tamils as “terrorist groups”, accusing them of trying to revive a separatist...
PERTH/KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have ruled out involvement of any passengers in the disappearance of a missing jetliner, while Australian officials warned bad...
BANGKOK: A court accepted a new case against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday over her removal of the security chief three years ago,...
A woman comforts a girl at a clinic, who was injured by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to...
ADEN: Al Qaeda attacked a Yemeni army headquarters in a heavily patrolled district of Aden yesterday, sparking a gun battle that killed 20...
Supporters of former Egyptian defence minister Abdel Fattah Al Sissi hold signed documents to nominate him for the presidency at a registration office...
ABU DHABI: Iran, Syria’s main regional ally, does not see President Bashar Al Assad staying in power indefinitely but neither does it want...
BAGHDAD: Attacks against security forces killed 15 people yesterday as the UN’s envoy to Iraq warned that the country’s election campaign would be...
KHARTOUM: There is a danger the international community will ignore Sudan’s “astonishing” aid needs, just as the situation in parts of the country...
LONDON: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has hit back against Downing Street’s investigation into whether it is on a path towards violent extremism and warned...
ANKARA: Turkey’s top court ruled yesterday that the government violated people’s rights by banning Twitter, ordering authorities to unblock the site used to...
CAIRO: The Arab League has called an emergency meeting of foreign ministers for April 9 on the floundering US-brokered peace talks between Israel...
PARIS: Bad timing, jokes that fall flat or an audience that just doesn’t get it; such occupational hazards can lead to a slow,...
When three Gulf countries recalled their ambassadors from Qatar, some newspapers claimed that it was because of security issues within the Gulf. But...
My library is full of Western academic books about Islamic movements. Some of the books are outdated now because books are like human...
Last week, Qatar celebrated “Francophone Week”, which included many activities and lectures about culture and art, movie shows and concerts. Films of the...
Dr AbdulWahab Al Musleh, Deputy Chief of Medical, Academic and Research Affairs for CIS (fourth left) and Dr Juliet Ibrahim, Executive Director of...
