Pakistani national Majid Khan pleaded guilty on Wednesday at a Guantanamo military tribunal in a landmark case that could speed the trials of Sept. 11 suspects. The plea came as part of a deal struck between U.S. military prosecutors and Khan, 32, who ha
The presiding judge and two others resign from the high-profile trial in Egypt of 43 workers for foreign non-governmental organisations.
A previously unknown jihadist group has claimed responsibility for suicide bombings in the Syrian capital and the second city Aleppo that killed dozens earlier this year, in a video seen by AFP Wednesday. The group calling itself Al-Nusra F
Syrian ground forces have continued their offensive on the rebel city of Homs, mopping up the last pockets of resistance, a security source said on Wednesday, as the army bombardment resulted in a wounded opposition member. Soldiers shot and wounded a m
Private banks buy more than $700bn in funds from European Central Bank, helping to keep Italy and Spain from debt trap.
Doubts emerge about the identity of an Egyptian militant arrested at Cairo airport, with the man denying he is top al-Qaeda commander Saif al-Adel.
Among the crumbling remains of the city Muammar Qaddafi once favored as the “capital of Africa”, frustration is simmering. Four months after Libya’s leader met his end in his hometown Sirte, the fishing village he turned into a model city lies in r
Helicopters are dropping food, torches and satellite phones onto the crippled ship, the Costa Allegra.
Kuwaiti MPs overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Wednesday calling on the government to recognize the opposition Syrian National Council as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. Forty-four members including all cabinet mini
أكد ناشطون أن القوات السورية تشن هجوما بريا على حي بابا عمرو بحمص أدى إلى تفجر قتال عنيف بين القوات المهاجمة والجيش الحر وذلك بعد أسابيع من ا
أكدت مصادر من المعارضة ومصادر أمنية، أن القوات السورية بدأت اليوم هجوماً برياً كبيراً على حي بابا عمرو في