Politics

British PM to press UAE president on 'torture' claims - 05/02/2013

LONDON, Robin Millard- The UAE president was to face questions from Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday over allegations that three British men jailed in Dubai were tortured. Sheikh Khalifa bin...

Syria blast kills 13 as Obama urges caution - 05/01/2013

DAMASCUS- A bombing in the heart of Damascus killed at least 13 people Tuesday as US President Barack Obama warned against rushing to act on allegations Syria's regime used chemical weapons on its...

Bouteflika 'reassures' Algerians from hospital - 05/01/2013

ALGIERS- Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalised in France at the weekend after suffering a mini-stroke, reassured Algerians on Tuesday about the state of his health, national media...

Palestinian kills Israeli in West Bank stabbing attack - 05/01/2013

TAPUAH, Palestinian Territories- A knife-wielding Palestinian stabbed to death an Israeli settler in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, in the first fatal anti-Israeli attack in the territory in 18...

Syrian PM survives bomb attack in capital - 04/30/2013

DAMASCUS, Roueida Mabardi- Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi escaped an assassination bid on Monday, surviving a blast against his convoy in Damascus, in the latest attack on top members of...

Hariri tribunal probes Lebanon witness details leak - 04/30/2013

THE HAGUE- The international tribunal investigating the death of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri said Monday it would appoint a special investigator to identify those responsible for leaking witness...

Tunisia guards badly wounded in hunt for gunmen - 04/30/2013

KASSERINE, Tunisia- A land mine explosion seriously wounded two members of Tunisia's national guard on Monday as they pursued a group of armed Islamists near the Algerian border, the interior...

Missile fired on Syria town kills 4 civilians: NGO - 04/29/2013

BEIRUT- A ground-to-ground missile was fired on a town in northern Syria on Sunday and killed at least four civilians, two of them children, a watchdog reported, as violence shook several Damascus...

Morsi steps back from confrontation with judges - 04/29/2013

CAIRO- President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday stepped back from a confrontation with the Egyptian judiciary over a proposed new law that would see several thousand judges sacked, proposing a conference to...

Iraq suspends TV channels after deadly unrest - 04/29/2013

BAGHDAD, Mohamad Ali Harissi- Iraq has suspended the licences of 10 satellite TV channels for promoting "sectarianism", the country's media regulator said on Sunday, as more than 220 people were...
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