A New York Times report has claimed that Al Qaeda militants and planners travelled from Pakistan to Syria where they are seeking to establish a base in order to carry out strikes against the... Read more »
Ex-intelligence chief, 68, trained as a fighter pilot in UK in his youth and is currently second deputy prime minister. Saudi Arabia’s Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, a former intelligence chief in the... Read more »
Doha court sentences Matthew and Grace Huang to three years in prison for murdering their adopted daughter. Doha, Qatar – An American couple accused of starving their adopted daughter to death has... Read more »
KUWAIT CITY: Saudi Arabia´s crown prince said Tuesday the international community has “betrayed” Syrian rebels by failing to arm them against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. “The legitimate Syrian resistance has... Read more »
Thousands take to streets chanting “no to discrimination” in Sunni-ruled kingdom. Thousands of Bahrainis, mainly from the Shia majority, demonstrated near Manama on Friday against what they described as sectarian discrimination in... Read more »
BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say gunmen have attacked a police brigade headquarters north of Baghdad, killing the commander and seven policemen and wounding 15. Police officials say the attack took place on Friday... Read more »
Arnoud van Doorn, a former far-right Dutch politician who later accepted Islam and became a Muslim, has announced his plans to launch a new Islamic party in his native Holland. The Islamic... Read more »
RIYADH/DOHA: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar on Wednesday in an unprecedented public split between Gulf Arab allies who have fallen out over the role... Read more »
by David Usborne Source: independent.co.uk Fresh plans are being drawn up to erect a modern complex on the site of what scholars of Islam contend is the birthplace of the Prophet Mohamed as... Read more »
A respiratory virus that has killed dozens of people, mainly in the Middle East, is widespread in camels and may be jumping directly from camels to humans Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or... Read more »
MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday warned Saudi Arabia against supplying Syrian rebels with shoulder-launched missile launchers, saying such a move would endanger security across the Middle East and beyond. The Russian foreign ministry... Read more »
Suicide bombing near council headquarters and attack by gunmen on police checkpoint kill seven, as violence continues. Attacks in Iraq, including a suicide bombing near the Anbar provincial council headquarters, have killed seven... Read more »
Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has unexpectedly announced the resignation of his government. Mr Beblawi said the decision was taken “in light of the current situation the country is going through”.... Read more »
THE HAGUE: The executive council of the Hague-based watchdog tasked with destroying Syria s chemical weapons arsenal failed Friday to reach agreement on what to do about Damascus s delays, because of... Read more »
On behalf of a coalition of NGOs Geneva International Centre for Justice (GICJ) has sent an urgent appeal to the International community and UN bodies following its appeal from 13 January 2014... Read more »
Foreign minister Walid al-Moallem delivers provocative speech at start of Montreux talks. The Syrian government has accused the west of backing terrorism in Syria in a defiant opening address at the start... Read more »
US President Barack Obama has said the United States is still prepared to “strike” Iran over its nuclear program despite the decision to back off a military threat against Syria. The Obama administration blamed the... Read more »
President Barack Obama has been forced to defend the US-Russia deal on a framework to put the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons under international control, saying that while his approach might not have... Read more »
London, Feb 7 2013 (IPS) – Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov’s dramatic announcement Tuesday on the Bulgarian investigation of the July 2012 terror bombing of an Israeli tourist bus was initially reported by... Read more »
A suicide bomber driving a car and gunmen disguised in police uniforms killed at least 33 people in the Iraqi city Kirkuk on Sunday when they tried to storm the police headquarters.... Read more »
Head of Egypt’s interest section in Iran Khaled Amareh has stressed the need for Tehran-Cairo rapprochement in the face of the ongoing crises in the Middle East. In an exclusive interview with... Read more »
By Amy Teibel, Jerusalem: A badly weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrambled Wednesday to keep his job by reaching out to a new centrist party that advocates a more earnest push on peacemaking with the... Read more »
Hamas, which governs Gaza, has allowed the West Bank political party, Fatah, to celebrate its 48th anniversary by staging a rally in Gaza City for the first time since its forces were... Read more »
Egypt’s government has sworn in 10 new ministers in a shuffle of the Cabinet aimed at mapping out ways of handling of the country’s struggling economy. The top posts that changed hands... Read more »