WASHINGTON- American physicist Saul Perlmutter said the Nobel Prize Committee must have had the wrong number because he did not hear the news from them Tuesday that he was a winner of the 2011 prize...

Abu Dhabi- The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) today announced the (FOOTSTEPS OF “Mubarak Bin London”) expedition which will see Captain Saeed Rashed Al Mesafry and Lt Ghafan...

DAMASCUS- The Syrian National Council, a newly launched anti-regime front, has gained mass support in Syria with many people demanding it be recognised as the country's sole authority, activists said...

SIRTE, Jay Deshmukh - Anti-Kadhafi fighters Monday overran the ousted strongman's birthplace of Qasr Abu Hadi, medics said, marking a symbolic victory in their battle to eradicate the last vestiges...

TEL AVIV- Defence Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday criticised US lawmakers for blocking $200 million in aid for the Palestinian territories at a "critical" moment in the region. "The (US)...

His hopes were raised a few years ago when he heard he was on the short list for the Nobel Prize. He did not win that year, she recalled, but the family has considered the possibility every year...

TUNIS- Arab bloggers in Tunis on Monday discussed the role they played in the "Arab Spring," just days before the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize for which some among them are seen as...

SIRTE, Rory Mulholland and Jay Deshmukh- Streams of civilians fled Moamer Kadhafi's besieged home town of Sirte as battles raged Sunday for control of the fugitive strongman's bastion where the Red...

TUNIS- Some 200 Arab bloggers involved in cyberactivism will gather in Tunis Monday to discuss the role of the Internet and social networking in political change following the "Arab Spring",...