BANGKOK: US President Barack Obama yesterday said it was “preferable” for the Gaza crisis to be ended without a “ramping up” of Israeli...
BANGKOK: US President Barack Obama yesterday said it was “preferable” for the Gaza crisis to be ended without a “ramping up” of Israeli...
GAZA CITY: Israeli jets yesterday bombed two Gaza City media buildings, injuring at least eight journalists, with the Israeli army saying it had...
GAZA: Barefoot boys chase each other in circles around the street, pointing pretend guns made out of rubber pipes up at the Gaza...
JERUSALEM: Israel admitted yesterday it has been targeted in a mass cyber-warfare campaign that has witnessed millions of attempts to hack state websites...
TEHRAN: Iran yesterday warned against sending weapons to Syrian rebels battling its ally in Damascus, saying that this would threaten regional stability and...
DAMASCUS: Syria yesterday slammed as “hostile” a French decision to host an ambassador from the opposition National Coalition, as regime forces bombarded southern...
ISTANBUL/DIYARBAKIR: Hundreds of Kurdish militants ended a hunger strike in jails across Turkey yesterday in response to an appeal from their leader, fuelling...
KHARTOUM: Insurgents have shelled near the capital of Sudan’s troubled North Darfur state for the second time in less than a month in...
KADUNA, Nigeria: A video obtained by Reuters shows Nigerian troops shooting unarmed captives in broad daylight by the roadside in the northeastern city...
LONDON: Spanish state vessels have made what Britain terms illegal incursions into Gibraltar’s territorial waters 178 times in the past 12 months —...
CAPE TOWN: Violent protests by South African farm workers demanding wage hikes have left two people dead this week, police said yesterday, after...
HANOVER, Germany: Germany’s Greens have gone grey. The world’s most successful pro-environment party has turned deadly serious about gaining power by stealing votes...
Bogota: Colombian government negotiators left for Havana yesterday, heading to peace talks with leftist Farc rebels aimed at ending Latin America’s longest-running insurgency....
Washington: The head of the House Intelligence Committee suggested yesterday that President Barack Obama might have known about former CIA Director David Petraeus’...
Egyptian actresses Yusra (centre) and Nelly Karim (right) at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival yesterday.
DOHA: The consumer rights watchdog has launched a massive crackdown on shopping centres amid complaints that many businesses are taking customers for a...
DOHA: There are more judges in Qatar than lawyers. Official statistics reflect that there were 202 judges here last year as opposed to...
