The king of Saudi Arabia has opened the door to greater participation by women in future municipal elections.
Two thousand years after they were written and decades after they were found in desert caves, some of the world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls went online for the first time on Monday in a project launched by Israel’s national museum and web giant Google.
Amal Zamaara is a 22-year-old Palestinian girl who, in the first case of its kind, made a deal with incumbent Finance Minister Hassan Abu Lebda to take his place for one week during which she could exercise full powers as the Palestinian finance minister.
Relatives of Muammar Qaddafi who had crossed into Algeria after Tripoli fell into rebel hands last month are now in Egypt, a day after the Algerian government criticized the release of an audio recording by Qaddafi’s daughter Aisha, an Algerian newspape
The sound of heavy weapons and machine gun fire echoed through the night in the restive city of Al-Rastan after a large number of tanks moved in to block key roads and areas of town, an opposition activist said Monday.
After King Abdullah’s announcement yesterday giving women the right to vote and run in the next municipal elections, as well as allowing them to serve on the Shura Council, my Twitter timeline was abuzz with two responses: female friends expressing joy
تحاصر قوات المجلس الوطني الانتقالي الليبي مدينة سرت، اليوم الاثنين، مسقط رأس الزعيم المخلوع معمر القذافي، والتي تتعرض منذ ثلاثة أيام لغارا
Ashfaq Kayani changes plan to meet British defence minister amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and the US.
Sirajuddin Haqqani does not carry a gun or wear a turban as he moves stealthily through the Waziristan wilderness along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, hoping to avoid detection and getting hit by a U.S. missile from a drone aircraft. Yet, from hi
Ashfaq Kayani changes plan to meet British defence minister amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and the US.
A general was killed and 30 other troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh were taken hostage when tribesmen overnight attacked their base north of Sana’a, tribal sources and officials said on Monday as opposition rejected Saleh’s calls for