RIYADH: John Kerry yesterday held talks with his counterparts from six Gulf monarchies on the war in Syria and Iran’s disputed atomic programme,...
RIYADH: John Kerry yesterday held talks with his counterparts from six Gulf monarchies on the war in Syria and Iran’s disputed atomic programme,...
BAGHDAD: Gunmen killed at least 40 Syrian soldiers and government employees who were being sent back to Syria by Iraqi authorities yesterday after...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is scheduled to execute seven men today for crimes committed when they were juveniles aged under 18, the British-based rights...
JERUSALEM: Israel launched two Palestinians-only bus lines in the occupied West Bank yesterday, a step an Israeli rights group described as racist and...
Voters stand in a long queue just before the close of voting in Nairobi, yesterday. MOMBASA, Kenya: As millions of Kenyans waited in...
PRAGUE: The Upper House of the Czech parliament impeached outgoing President Vaclav Klaus for treason yesterday, a dramatic but largely symbolic act that...
SOFIA: A Bulgarian protester who set himself on fire last month has died, the second fatality in nationwide rallies against high power bills...
VATICAN CITY: Catholic cardinals yesterday pressed for more information about the “Vatileaks” scandal at the start of a series of Vatican meetings to...
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin marked a year since his election to a third term yesterday riding a tide of popularity despite his...
US President Barack Obama announces his nominees (from left) MIT scientist Ernest Moniz to head the Energy Department, Gina McCarthy to run the...
BELFAST: Northern Ireland police foiled an attempt to fire mortar bombs at a police station overnight in what would have been the first...
LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smiled as she left a London hospital yesterday following a 24-hour stay, having been assessed for gastroenteritis symptoms....
LONDON: A public inquiry into claims that British troops murdered and tortured Iraqi detainees nine years ago was shown graphic photographs of alleged...
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Joe Biden told America’s biggest pro-Israel lobbying organisation yesterday that President Barack Obama is “not bluffing” about the US’...
A statue of President Bashar Al-Assad's father, Hafez Al-Assad, is pulled down as people celebrate in Raqqa DAMASCUS: Syrian rebels overran the northern...
Undated handout photo shows Dr. Deborah Persaud, a virologist at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Maryland CHICAGO: The remarkable case of a...
Doha: The per capita water consumption in Qatar is the highest in the world, with the total consumption recorded at 216 cubic metres...
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, flanked by FC Barcelona President Sandro Rosell (left) and club Vice-President for Economy and Strategy Javier Faus...
