Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had approved $430 million in project aid to Egypt and would allow Cairo to use a $750 million line of credit to import oil products. The aid, to be provided by the Saudi Fund for Development, is part of a package that Saudi
Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, the author of a fledgling peace plan on Syria, called Friday for “additional pressure” in the wake of a new massacre as he held talks in the United States. Opening a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hil
Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Friday insisted that claims his supporters were involved in fighting in Syria were false, but said members of “splinter” groups could be involved in the violence. “All these claims are lies,” Sadr, a
Eurozone officials to hold talks on possible rescue deal for banks but Madrid says no decision on seeking aid yet taken.
French President Francois Hollande said on Friday everything must be done to re-launch a long-stalled Middle East peace process that could lead to the recognition of a Palestinian state. “Today, we must do everything to facilitate the recognition
Sniper fire killed a man and wounded a woman in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli on Friday, residents said, in the first deadly violence since 15 people were killed in clashes a week ago. Tensions in the city have been fuelled by the uprising in neig
Shootings and bombings in Iraq on Friday killed four people, including a parliamentary official and a senior emergency officer, officials said. In Baghdad, civil defense Colonel Mohammed Yunis was killed and his wife and two children were
المئات من المتظاهرين يحتشدون بميدان التحرير في إطار ما أطلق عليها "جمعة الإصرار"، منددين بالأحكام الصادرة بحق الرئيس المصري السابق حسني مبا
أعلنت فرنسا أنها تؤيد مبادرة المبعوث الدولي كوفي أنان لتشكيل مجموعة اتصال دولية بشأن سوريا. وفي الوقت الذي أعلنت فيه روسيا عدم علمها بأي خطط