At a U.S. base south of Baghdad, trucks plod in either direction amid a hive of activity: with the clock ticking on a year-end withdrawal from Iraq, preparations are in full swing. Located in the centre of Iraq, just 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the
There are hopes of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza after 10 people died in rocket and airstrikes on Saturday.
نفذتْ أجهزةُ الأمنِ في الموصل عملية أمنية استباقية استهدفتْ أوكاراً للمسلحينَ في قرى المنطقةِ المعروفةِ بالجزيرةِ على تخومِ الحدودِ العرا
Syrians aiming to write a new constitution for the strife-torn country will meet for the first time on Monday, the state news agency reported Sunday, after a weekend of intense violence.
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Sunday he has “substantial evidence” that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s toppled leader, was involved in organizing attacks on civilians and hiring mercenaries. Luis Moreno-Oc
Leaders of the 54 Commonwealth nations on Sunday urged the G20 to put job creation and open trade at the heart of their drive to revitalize the global economy. The Group of 20, which represents 85 percent of the global economy, meet in Fran
اسرائيل تقول ان الهدنة مع فصائل قطاع غزة، بوساطة مصرية، لم تطبق بعد ان اطلقت صواريخ على اسرائيل عقب دخولها حيز التنفيذ، للسيطرة على فتيل الع
Arab League ministers who have visited Syria warned President Bashar al-Assad to stop violence and start reforms or face an international intervention, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported Sunday. Citing well-informed Arab sources, Al-Qabas daily said the Arab
Iraq will not be fully able to defend its borders and airspace until at least 2020, a watchdog quoted Iraq’s top general as saying in a report on Sunday, months before U.S. troops are to leave. The Iraqi military’s chief of staff, Lieut
Four people, including three children, were killed overnight when troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh shelled a petrol filling station in a region north of the capital, tribal sources said on Sunday. Thirteen others were wounded in the at
The fundamentalist movement in Iran close to the supreme leader of the Islamic republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has criticized president Mahmud Ahmadinejad and his close circle, referring to it as “the perverted team,” of planning a military coup in