At least eight government soldiers and 30 Taliban killed in battle for control of strategic mountaintop in northeast.
A group of imprisoned Ethiopian Christians face deportation from Saudi Arabia for "illicit mingling" of the sexes, Human Rights Watch says.
Demonstrations in Dakar planned after two people shot dead amid anger sparked by court backing for Wade re-election bid.
The Iranian government launches a Spanish-language satellite TV channel, as it seeks warmer ties with Latin America.
US president says use of drones is "kept on very tight leash" in rare acknowledgement of controversial missile strikes.
تبدأ قناة "العربية" اعتباراً من غد الأربعاء الأول من فبراير عرض سلسلة تقارير بعنوان "مكة.. المكان والأزمنة"، والذي تواكب من خلاله &q
All European Union countries, except Britain and the Czech Republic, agree on treaty designed to stop overspending.
The Muslim Brotherhood is devising a blueprint for a parliamentary democracy that would overturn Egypt’s tradition of strong heads of state, flexing its muscles after emerging as the country’s dominant political force. The plan has emerged since the
U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon was on Tuesday meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and senior officials at the start of a Middle East peace mission to raise pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to resume talks. The U.N. secretary general wa
الصين ترسل فريقا من المسؤولين لبحث سبل إطلاق سراح عمالها التسعة والعشرين الذي تحتجزهم قوات المتمردين في الحركة الشعبية لتحرير السودان-القط
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu is confident that he will win his Likud party’s primaries on Tuesday, but a vocal bloc of opponents are bent on denying him universal support. The heart of the group can be found in Migron, the oldest a
As diplomats gather half a world away to discuss the Syrian conflict, a humanitarian crisis is unraveling in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, opposition activists said Tuesday.