Eleven Lebanese hostages kidnapped in Syria arrived to the Turkish borders, Al Arabiya reported on Friday, as they are expected to board on a flight back to Beirut. Earlier today, an Islamist cleric who was supposedly brokering their release, announced
Syrian anti-regime protesters took to the streets of Damascus and other major cities, monitors said, as armed rebels insisted that “protection of peaceful protests” is their top priority. Protests took place at dawn in five residential
Iraqi MPs are toying with a Saddam-era policy they hope will combat both high unemployment and fears of sectarian divisions in a country that was on the brink of civil war a few years ago: conscription. The nascent proposal is a potentially
Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib laid a wreath of white roses and carnations on Friday at the spot where a British policewoman was shot dead in 1984 outside the Libyan embassy in London. The gesture came a day after Prime Minister D
China Friday welcomed next week’s resumption of talks between Sudan and South Sudan and urged both nations to cooperate with international efforts to resolve issues linked to the recent civil war. African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki annou
Air Arabia is the first low cost carrier in the UAE. How has the sector changed since Sharjah airport opened in 1932?
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The prospect of Ahmed Shafiq succeeding Hosni Mubarak as president of Egypt is a nightmare for revolutionaries and Islamists, but a security blanket for those wary of change. Shafiq, who served briefly as Mubarak’s last prime minister, is a divisive mi
Captain of ship and his navigation officer sentenced to seven months in prison for causing environmental disaster.
Car bomb reportedly explodes outside police station in Kayseri province leaving one dead and wounding 20 others.
When he joined the race for Egypt’s presidency just five weeks ago, Mohamed Mursi was mocked as the Muslim Brotherhood’s uncharismatic “spare tyre” after its first-choice candidate was disqualified. But the 60-year-old engineer came first in the