CAIRO/DUBAI: Egypt’s bourse rose for a third day after renewed foreign interest Tuesday as Gulf markets were mixed, with investors awaiting first-quarter...
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has agreed to allow a visit by Indian investigators as part of their probe into the 2008 Mumbai militant attacks in a significant...
ABIDJAN: Forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara seized two major towns in the western cocoa belt Tuesday in an offensive that is...
SANAA: An explosion at an armaments factory killed over 100 people in a town in south Yemen Monday where Al-Qaeda militants appear to have driven out...
MOSCOW/KHOST: Russia said Monday it was open to dialogue with the Taliban in Afghanistan, Interfax reported, echoing the U.S. position aimed at ensuring...
DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian forces opened fire to disperse thousands of protesters in Deraa calling for an end to emergency laws Monday, but demonstrators...
SANAA - A blast at a bullet factory in south Yemen killed at least 50 people Monday when residents broke in to steal ammunition a day after clashes...
CAIRO - Egypt will hold a legislative election in September and will lift emergency laws before the vote, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said...
MELBOURNE: Lewis Hamilton is confident McLaren can close the gap on Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull after staging a stunning turnaround to finish second behind...
ROME: Italy will propose that it and Germany back a joint plan on Libya that involves a cease-fire, a humanitarian corridor and exile for Libyan leader...
CAIRO: Egypt will recognize South Sudan as an independent state after it voted to secede from Khartoum, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Araby said on his...
SANAA: Talks to end a standoff over Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s rule have stopped without a plan to resume, opposition figures said Sunday, as...
WASHINGTON: The United States is likely to stick to a cautious, hands-off stance toward the protests in Syria while it watches whether they spread widely or...
LONDON: Teenage strike Neymar scored twice on his third appearance for Brazil as the South Americans outclassed Scotland 2-0 in a friendly played in something...
BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman called on Bahrain to safeguard the interests of Lebanese expatriates in Bahrain in line with Lebanese-Bahraini bilateral ties...
SOFIA: Bulgarian mogul Vasil Bozhkov is opening up his private collection of rare Thracian artifacts, offering a glimpse of an ancient civilization which has...
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates’ economy minister urged leading retailers to show social responsibility by continuing to reduce prices of essential goods in...
LONDON - Two Reuters television journalists have been missing in Syria since Saturday night, when they were due to return to Lebanon. Beirut-based producer...
TRIPOLI: Western warplanes hit military targets deep inside Libya Thursday but failed to prevent tanks reentering the western town of Misrata and besieging...
MANAMA - Bahrain has warned its nationals Tuesday not to travel to Lebanon for their own safety after Hezbollah came out in support of weeks of protests by...
NEW YORK: Apple Inc will stick to plans to roll out its newest iPad Friday to 25 more markets, including France and the United Kingdom, even as it fails to...
NEW YORK: Musical celebrities such as rock legend Lou Reed, minimalist composer Philip Glass, Canadian icon Justin Bieber and pop star Bon Jovi are lining up...
DERAA/GENEVA - Hundreds of people marched in two southern Syrian towns Tuesday demanding freedom, the fifth straight day of demonstrations challenging the...
TOKYO - A Japanese nuclear safety official says a pool for storing spent fuel at the crippled nuclear plant is heating up, with temperatures...
SINGAPORE: Nations need to speed up the sharing of genetic material from crops if the world is to have any chance of feeding itself in a future with more...