Ancient Christian site in UAE opens to visitors
DUBAI: A 1,400-year-old monastery that is the only known pre-Islamic Christian site in the United Arab Emirates has opened to visitors, The National newspaper reported on Sunday. The monastery on…
Sudanese army attacks South Darfur village
CAIRO: The Sudanese army on Saturday attacked a village in South Darfur for a second consecutive day in violence that has left one person dead and driven at least 250…
No peace talks with ‘stopwatch’: Israeli minister
JERUSALEM: Israel will not discuss final status issues in talks with the Palestinians with "a stopwatch in hand," a senior Israeli lawmaker said Sunday, responding to US pressure for new…
Two Palestinians killed in Gaza firing: Israeli army
JERUSALEM: Two suspected Palestinian militants died and an Israeli soldier was wounded late Saturday in an exchange of gunfire near the border of the Gaza Strip with Israel, the Israeli…
Wikileaks exposed Iran’s ‘vulnerability’: Mousavi
TEHRAN: Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said Wikileaks has exposed the Islamic regime's "vulnerability" due to its government's policies which have left Tehran without allies in the Gulf. US…
Iraqi officials say 17 killed in suicide bombing
BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber blew up his car Sunday outside government offices in a province west of the Iraqi capital, killing 17 people, including women and elderly people waiting to…
Wind, rains and sandstorm lash Egypt, three dead in collapse
CAIRO: A sandstorm, strong winds and lashing rains swept across Egypt on Sunday, closing several ports and disrupting traffic in the Suez Canal while at least three people died in…
Japan, Arab nations see expanding economic ties: League
GAMMARTH: Exports from Arab nations to Japan more than tripled last year, while Japanese investment hit $4 billion, the head of the Arab League said at an economic forum on…
OPEC leaves oil quotas unchanged, seeing economic ‘risks’
QUITO: OPEC decided to leave production quotas unchanged in a meeting in Ecuador's capital Quito Saturday, stressing looming "risks to the fragile global economic recovery." The 12-nation Organization of the…
New Jackson album: a thriller from beyond the grave?
Michael Jackson fans will this week finally get their hands on the pop icon's first record since he died, with huge sales expected despite lukewarm reviews and questions over its…