Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000. The Jackson memorabilia was the highlight of an auction of hundreds of rock'n'roll items, including many ... More

American celebrity Brad Pitt caused a stir after he failed to show up at a massive event in the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi, costing the actor a whopping $5 million, press reports said Saturday. Pitt was scheduled to make an appearance at the Grand Prix Ball Abu Dhabi on Oct. 31 but he apparently turned down ... More

Saudi women have dazzled international observers by becoming pioneers in a variety of fields, most prominently science and research, proving that their absence for almost half a century was forced by the buildup of customs and traditions, which they seem to have risen up from. Over the past five years Arab and international ... More

A tearful Oprah Winfrey on Friday announced that she will take her iconic talk show off the air in 2011 at the end of its 25th season. "I love this show. This show has been my life and I love it enough to know when it's time to say goodbye," Winfrey told viewers at the end of her live ... More

One of the 200 young women invited to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s Rome Islam preaching events last week has accepted his plea as she has become fascinated with Islam, reported Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera on Wednesday. Alda Ribeiro told the Milan based newspaper that her meeting with the eccentric leader ... More

Algeria became the only Arab team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup after a 1-0 win over Egypt in the qualifying play-off match in Sudan, where security was tight as thousands of fans packed the stadium to watch the tense match between the two teams that have a long history of football rivalry. The game kicked off to a ... More

American chat show queen, Oprah Winfrey, was forced to apologize on Monday to an outraged audience for an episode of her show featuring women from around the world in which a guest from Dubai gave false information about life in the dazzling UAE city. The episode, which aired in October, hosted women from cities like ... More

Thousands of Algerians held a spontaneous rally Sunday in the capital Algiers in support of their national football team, which degenerated into attacks on Egyptian businesses. The rally in central Algiers began with fans chanting "One, two, three, Go Algeria!" as they thronged Air Algeria's ... More

Lingering violence and raw sewage in the water are no deterrents for a group of wealthy, young Iraqis who spend their free time jet-skiing along the Tigris river in a burst of white foam and spray. Unfazed by reports that everything from chemical waste to bodies are dumped into the river, young men in life vests zoom through ... More

Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday. Sophos, a British security software firm said it had intercepted hundreds of millions of fake pharmaceutical spam adverts and websites this year, many of them trying to ... More

As longtime rivals Egypt and Algeria prepared to go head to head on Saturday for a crunch World Cup qualifier Cairo stepped up security with police vowing tight protection for the Algerians whose bus was stoned on their arrival in the rival city. Thousands of fans, their faces painted in the Egyptian colors and ... More

Egypt snatched a last-gasp goal to secure a 2-0 victory over Algeria on Saturday and force a playoff against their opponents to decide the final African place in the 2010 World Cup finals. Emad Moteab was the hero when he scored five minutes into stoppage time at the end of the Group C match to send the passionate home fans ... More

Residents of the Israeli town of Shfaram were seeking on Friday to make the world's largest tabbouleh salad, hoping to bring reconciliation after violent Christian-Druze clashes. "We are trying to get the Guinness record," said event organizer Ala Khuria as residents were busy chopping 700 kilos (1,540 pounds) ... More

British folk singer Yusuf Islam takes the stage on Sunday on his first full tour since 1976, when he was still known as Cat Stevens and was famous the world over for hits like "Wild World" and "Morning Has Broken." Now 61, Islam is about to seal his gradual comeback to the world of pop music after ... More

World football governing body FIFA warned Egypt on Friday to step up security for a key World Cup qualifier with Algeria after stonethrowing fans injured three away players as they were in their bus on the way to the team hotel. A FIFA spokesman said: "We have reiterated to the Egyptian association our ... More

U.S. President Barack Obama can add another accolade to his already long list of awards after being named the world's most powerful person in an inaugural ranking by Forbes magazine, while Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz came in ... More

Algeria's team bus was attacked by stone-throwing fans in Cairo on Thursday ahead of Saturday's highly-charged World Cup qualifier against Egypt, police officials said. The incident, which happened as the Algerian squad was being taken from the airport to their hotel, immediately sparked a diplomatic ... More

After making it on America's infamous "axis of evil," Syria will now become synonymous with Angelina Jolie's brood as the U.S. actress looks set to adopt a child from the Arab nation despite her partner Brad Pitt's objections. The Oscar-winning actress, who was recently on a trip with Pitt to Syria ... More

Restoration work will begin on the tomb of Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamen, Egypt's antiquities department said on Tuesday. The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has partnered with the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) to work on the conservation and management of the tomb and its ... More

A persistent Afghan thief that has been deported from the United Arab Emirates on six occasions, is yet again facing trial, this time for 18 counts of stealing from cars, according to a local newspaper The man, who is in his thirties and was only identified as BH, was arrested after authorities noted methods used in the ... More