Obama presses Karzai in surprise Afghan visit
KABUL: US President Barack Obama pressed Afghan leader Hamid Karzai to stand…
Israel's Labor mulls quitting government
JERUSALEM: Israel's centre-left Labor party will meet next month to discuss quitting…
Afghanistan: peace in the north, war in the south
MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Thousands of Afghans took to the streets of northern cities to…
Pope 'deeply saddened' by Jerusalem clashes
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday voiced "deep sadness" over clashes…
Arabs close ranks on Jerusalem at Libya summit
SIRTE: Palestinian President Mahomud Abbas on Saturday ruled out US-brokered indirect peace…
Ancient doorway to afterlife discovered in Egypt
CAIRO: A large red granite false door from the tomb of an…
Mubarak back home in Egypt three weeks after surgery
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak returned home to Egypt on Saturday after a…
Egypt police kill two Eritrean migrants at Israel border
EL-ARISH: Egyptian police shot dead two Eritreans on Saturday as the would-be…
Israel PM blames Palestinians for stalled peace efforts
JERUSALEM: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has infuriated Washington by expanding…
Former south Yemeni diplomat jailed for 'harming unity'
SANAA: A former Yemeni ambassador who is a southern secessionist activist received…