DUBAI, Acil Tabbara- With tolerance wearing thin for behaviour considered inappropriate, more and more Emiratis are denouncing the "offensive" customs of the very foreigners who are contributing to...

SIRTE, Imed Lamloum - Libya said on Sunday its crisis with Switzerland still runs deep and can only be resolved through international arbitration despite the end of a row with the EU over travel...

RABAT - Rescuers searching for a brother of the United Arab Emirates president whose glider crashed in Morocco combed through rugged terrain and swampland on Sunday near the capital Rabat, officials...

WASHINGTON, Virginie Montet - A little early this year, thousands of cherry trees given by Japan as a present nearly a century ago started blooming in the US capital, ushering in the Cherry Blossom...

BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao- Ex-premier Iyad Allawi, whose bloc emerged strongest from Iraq's polls, launched talks Saturday with political foes in a bid to form a coalition, offering to work with any...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- President Hosni Mubarak returned home to Egypt on Saturday after a three-week absence abroad for surgery that reignited speculation on who would succeed the veteran 81-year-old...

SIRTE, Imed Lamloum - Maverick Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, known for rambling diatribes and sharp jabs at fellow leaders, gave a restrainingly short opening speech Saturday at the annual Arab...

JERUSALEM, Jean-Luc Renaudie - Four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers died in clashes on the Gaza border on Friday, an army general said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu consulted his...

SYDNEY, Amy Coopes - World-famous landmarks including the Pyramids, the Eiffel Tower and Beijing's Forbidden City will go dark Saturday as millions turn out the lights for "Earth Hour", a rolling...