DUBAI- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, Kurdish leader Massud Barzani charged in an interview published on Sunday....

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Registration for candidacy in Egypt's first post-uprising presidential election closed on Sunday, amid last-minute twists and turns that have shaken the political race. Around 20...

CAIRO, Ines Bel Aiba- Former spy chief Omar Suleiman, a pillar of the ousted regime, decided on Friday to run in next month's presidential vote, in a surprise twist to a contest to elect Hosni...

The protesters carried pictures of Khawaja alongside Bahraini flags and chanted his name. Bahrain's largest opposition movement Al-Wefaq warned that the activist's life was now in danger and urged...

UNITED NATIONS- International envoy Kofi Annan said Thursday that "alarming" casualties are being inflicted in Syria despite the government's acceptance of an April 10 deadline to withdraw troops and...

RIYADH- Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi will return to Iraq, a close aide said on Thursday, denying a claim by a Saudi official that he might remain in the kingdom until his political...

THE HAGUE- Seif al-Islam, son of slain Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, has been attacked in detention in Libya, a lawyer from the International Criminal Court said Thursday, accusing authorities of...

RIYADH- Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, accused of running a death squad, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after a four-day visit to neighbouring Qatar, a top Saudi official told...

TRIPOLI- Libyan authorities warned on Wednesday that insecurity could cause a delay of elections for a constituent assembly and demanded an immediate halt to violence in the west of the country....