WASHINGTON, Andrew Gully- US President Barack Obama said Friday that two packages from Yemen addressed to Jewish synagogues in Chicago contained explosive material and were a "credible terrorist...
RABAT- Morocco broke up two Al-Qaeda-linked cells and arrested nine people including a Yemeni national and a former Italian resident, the interior ministry said on Friday.
"Two terrorist cells...
CAIRO- The Arab League called on Friday for those behind the "crimes against humanity" contained in leaked Iraq war documents published by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks to be brought to...
ROME, Michele Leridon- Silvio Berlusconi "loves women," that much we know; the latest star of Italian media frenzy is Ruby, a 17-year-old who claims she has been to parties in the prime minister's...
ROME- Thousands of protesters blocked the red carpet at opening night of the 2010 Rome film festival Thursday, delaying the event and forcing stars including Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes to use a...
WASHINGTON- Prehistoric people in southern Africa developed a highly skilled way of shaping stones into sharp-edged tools long before Europeans did, suggested a study released Thursday.
A...
RAS AL-KHAIMAH, W.G. Dunlop- Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al-Qassimi will succeed his father, who died on Wednesday, as ruler of the tiny but strategic emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, despite a challenge for...
PRAGUE- Danish experts are to carry out tests on the remains of 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe following their exhumation from his tomb in Prague, to check how he died, Czech media reported...
DOHA, Wissam Keyrouz - With an action-thriller that aroused anger in France upon its release, Qatar opened on Tuesday the second edition of The Doha Tribeca Film Festival.
The gas-rich Gulf...
PRAGUE- Czech playwright and former president Vaclav Havel on Tuesday received the annual international Franz Kafka literary prize for his plays and essays.
An international nine-member jury...