French President Francois Hollande (left) and Malian President Dioncounda Traore (right) wave to the crowd after their speech in Bamako, yesterday. TIMBUKTU/BAMAKO: Cheering,...
French President Francois Hollande (left) and Malian President Dioncounda Traore (right) wave to the crowd after their speech in Bamako, yesterday. TIMBUKTU/BAMAKO: Cheering,...
VOLGOGRAD, Russia: The city of Volgograd readopted its old name of Stalingrad for a few hours yesterday, as Russia commemorated the 70th anniversary...
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama urged members of Congress yesterday to display a “balanced approach” to cutting government spending as he geared up...
MADRID: Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday denied allegations that he received undeclared payments from his ruling party, as he sought to douse...
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II dutifully sits through endless hours of displays of military pomp rehearsed to the second — and secretly loves it...
A handout picture made available by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s official website shows the domestically-designed and developed Qaher (Conqueror)-F313 during an unveiling ceremony...
MOGADISHU: A woman who said she was raped by Somali soldiers and a journalist who interviewed her went on trial yesterday in a...
CAIRO: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Cairo next week, becoming the first Iranian president to travel to Egypt since Iran’s 1979 revolution ruptured diplomatic...
CAIRO: After eight days of protests that killed nearly 60 people, a video of one demonstrator stripped naked, dragged across the ground and...
US Vice President Joseph Biden (right) and Russian Foreign Sergei Lavrov meet for bilateral talks at the 49th Munich Security Conference yesterday. MUNICH:...
Tunis: A political party accused “mercenaries” hired by Tunisia’s ruling Islamists of carrying out an attack on a meeting of its members yesterday....
MUNICH: The Syrian opposition leader met Russia’s foreign minister yesterday and a diplomatic source said he would also see Iran’s foreign minister, opening...
ISTANBUL: A member of a Turkish leftist group that accuses Washington of using Turkey as its “slave” carried out a suicide bomb attack...
JERUSALEM: Israeli President Shimon Peres tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday with forming a new government after two days of intense talks with...
DOHA: The Gulf Cinema complex in Najma that boasts twin theatres and is closed for maintenance currently, will be reopening in a few...
DOHA: Qatar Holding plans to build four luxury hotels — including a 150-room Harrods Hotel — on Sardinia, an island in the Mediterranean...
The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, met Mayor of Munich Christian Ude, on...
FROM LEFT: Tariq Al Ghamdi, President ASSE-MEC; Khalid Al Hetmi, Chairperson, ASSE-Qatar, and Dr Ken McLeod, President of CNA-Q, during the meeting at...
