Lebanon's opposition has agreed to a proposed government line-up, Hezbollah said on Saturday, paving the way to the end of five months of tortuous negotiations following a June general election.
Hezbollah, which heads an alliance of parties supported by Syria and Iran, said in a statement that its...More
Rival parties reach agreement over division of cabinet seats (File)
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them in Cairo on Saturday, at a time when Beijing is criticized for the treatment of its own Muslim minority.
"The relationship between Chinese civilization and Islamic civilization goes back...More
Iran's former crown prince backed a campaign of "civil disobedience and non-violence" Saturday to oust the government in Tehran and urged Western support, but warned against any armed intervention.
"The end of the apartheid regime in South Africa, of military juntas in South America, of the former...More
Yemen began exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its newly built LNG plant in Balhaf on the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, with the first shipment destined...More
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday used a speech honoring slain premier Yitzhak Rabin to urge Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to stay in power despite...More
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said late Friday that he would soon transmit to the Security Council a controversial report alleging that Israel and the Palestinians...More
Saudi Arabia began vaccinating its population against swine flu on Saturday, with priority going to government employees working on the annual hajj pilgrimage...More
The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it...More
Hundreds of Gaza Palestinians set off for Mecca on Friday for the annual hajj pilgrimage, after bitter rivals Fatah and Hamas set aside their dispute to agree on a list of 4,500 participants from the...More
The World Health Organization on Friday called for close monitoring of farm workers and animals for influenza A viruses, following recent cases in a wider range of creatures than pigs.
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The website of the Saudi based newspaper al-Watan was hacked early Saturday by suspected supporters of a leading cleric who was recently sacked from the kingdom’s Council of Senior Clerics...More
Saudi Arabia plans to phase out production of all water intensive crops that have depleted the desert kingdom's scarce water supplies, Saudi's water and electricity minister said on...More
Don't promote democracy, fire all women, don't take Sundays off and remove all logos from your vehicles: these are only some of the 11 new rules Somalia's Shabaab rebels want to slap...More