KHARTOUM: At least 36 people have died in clashes between Arab nomads and southerners near Sudan’s North- South border, leaders in the contested Abyei region...
NEW YORK: The Egyptian state official charged with protecting his country’s ancient monuments is threatening to take back an iconic obelisk in New York City’s...
PARIS/NIAMEY: France said the entire African Sahel region was no longer safe for its citizens after two Frenchmen were killed in Niger by suspected Al-Qaeda...
BAGHDAD:War-torn Iraq is expected to attract more overseas investment this year after foreigners were net buyers on its stock exchange in 2010, snapping up...
ABU DHABI: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. plans to open at least 20 new hotels in the Middle East in the next five years, with four in Abu...
TEHRAN: Iran’s consumption of natural gas has dropped by more than 20 million cubic meters a day since the government cut price subsidies three weeks ago, the...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia needs to build up its strategic food reserves as a buffer against rising global prices for basic commodities, executives and chamber of...
RIYADH: A group of 250 unemployed Saudi university graduates staged a rare protest in the capital Riyadh, and the group’s spokesman vowed Sunday to keep up...
DUBLIN: Bank of Ireland is holding talks with Middle East sovereign wealth funds about their possible involvement in a capital raising, Irish newspaper the...
JUBA, Sudan: Millions of jubilant South Sudanese voted Sunday in an independence plebiscite which could cut Africa’s biggest country in two and deprive the...
TUNIS: Fourteen people were killed in clashes with police in two towns in the past 24 hours, the Tunisian government and Tunisia’s official news agency said...
TEHRAN: At least 70 people were killed and 35 injured when an Iranian Boeing 727 plane crashed in bad weather in northwestern Iran Sunday, the head of the...
TUCSON, U.S.: Doctors were cautiously optimistic Sunday about the condition of U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after a man shot her in the head and...
BRUSSELS: Pressure is growing on Portugal from Germany, France and other euro zone countries to seek financial help from the E.U. and the International...
LONDON: From what France calls “economic warfare” as it probes a Chinese link to industrial espionage at Renault to currency confrontation and...
CAIRO: Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa has rejected the potential “exploitation” of attacks on Christians in the Arab world as a pretext...
SEOUL: The Group of 20 leading economies will discuss ways to tackle soaring food prices that are stoking fears of a repeat of the 2008 food crisis, as some...
The United States has called in Tunisia’s ambassador because of its handling of anti-government riots and possible interference with the Internet, including...
ALGIERS: Fresh rioting broke out in Algiers Friday as police deployed around mosques and authorities suspended football championship matches after violent...
BUDAPEST: The European Unionas turned down an offer from Iran to tour its nuclear facilities, E.U. foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said Friday, but...
KHARTOUM: Sudan is heading for an acrimonious split but while Southern leaders want political independence from the North, economic realities may keep them...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. economy created far fewer jobs than expected in December, suggesting the Federal Reserve will complete its asset-buying program, but the...
SEOUL/LAS VEGAS: Samsung Electronics is banking on surging smartphone sales and a recovery in its memory chip business to help it rebound from a...
PARIS: French intelligence services are looking into the role China may have played in an industrial espionage scandal at carmaker Renault that a senior...
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: Coptic Christians marked a somber Christmas Friday, after a deadly New Year’s Day church bombing sparked riots that injured dozens of...