CAIRO: Two years after the Egyptian revolution that ousted an authoritarian regime, liberals are increasingly concerned that the ruling Islamists are out to...
CAIRO: Two years after the Egyptian revolution that ousted an authoritarian regime, liberals are increasingly concerned that the ruling Islamists are out to...
Yemen jails three Albanians for smuggling armsADEN: A Yemeni court yesterday sentenced three Albanians arrested in the eastern Hadramawt province to six years...
RIYADH: Unknown gunmen opened fire at a prison and police targets in Saudi Arabia’s Shia-populated Eastern Province, wounding a woman and her child,...
JERUSALEM: Israeli soldiers treated five Syrians who had been wounded in fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels near Israel’s security fence on...
BENGHAZI, Libya: Libya yesterday celebrated two years since the start of the revolt which toppled longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi, with security forces on...
DUBAI: Bahrain has arrested eight nationals in a militant cell with links to Iran, Iraq and Lebanon, the interior minister of the US-allied...
CAIRO: One of Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi’s sons withdrew from taking up a job with a firm affiliated to the Civil Aviation Ministry...
Brigadier Abdullah Muhammed Al Suwaidi receiving the boarding pass from Abdul Aziz Al Noaimi as other officials look on. (Shaival Dalal) DOHA: Marking...
DOHA: The Peninsula has set up an Editorial Advisory Committee comprising members from different expatriate communities here, becoming the first newspaper in Qatar...
DOHA: The death of Qatari powerboat racer Rashid Abdullah Al Mansouri, during a Pleasure Boat race at the Katara beach on Saturday, has...
DOHA: Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, met here today with the Speaker...
DOHA: Dlala Information Technology, a subsidiary of Dlala Holding, "has cancelled its joint venture with Soula Systems", a Qatar Exchange notification said Sunday. ...
KABUL: The commander of US-led forces in Afghanistan said Sunday he would comply with President Hamid Karzai's order banning Afghan security forces from...
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia: A subsidiary of Saudi mining firm Maaden restarted a diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser plant in Ras al-Khair on Saturday after...
KHARTOUM: The economic recovery of Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur needs an estimated $6 billion, the region's top official said on Sunday, appealing for international...
Iraqis inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's impoverished district of Sadr City. BAGHDAD: A series of bombings mainly targeting...
Paramilitary soldiers stand guard next to barbed wire during a strike in Srinagar in response to a strike call given by a hardline...
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron heads to India next week with an extensive trade delegation for a visit clouded by a corruption...