Two Iraqis jailed for life for UN bombing, French kidnap
BAGHDAD: A court sentenced two Iraqis to life in jail on Wednesday for taking part in the 2003 bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad and the kidnap of two…
Yemen axes chess governing body after team played Israel
SANAA: Yemeni Sports Minister Hamud Mohammed Ubad has sacked the country's chess governing body after the national team played in a tournament against Israel in Belarus, press reports said on…
Squash’s Abdel-Kawy strikes first for Egyptian women
SHARM EL SHEIKH: Omneya Abdel-Kawy became the first Egyptian woman ever to reach a World Open squash final when she beat the new French sensation Camille Serme in straight games…
International fears of angry breakup of Sudan
UNITED NATIONS: Global leaders are voicing mounting concerns over votes which could force the breakup of Africa's biggest nation, Sudan, and possibly send new shockwaves across one of the world's…
Lebanon cabinet urges calm amid escalating political tension
BEIRUT: Lebanon's cabinet has urged rival political parties to engage in dialogue amid an escalating war of words between Prime Minister Saad Hariri's camp and Hezbollah that has raised fears…
Police clamp down on anti-Gamal Mubarak protesters
CAIRO: Egyptian security bodies cracked down on hundreds of demonstrators protesting against the succession of Gamal Mubarak to his father, incumbent President Hosni Mubarak, on Tuesday. The demonstration was scheduled…
No baby talk for dad-to-be Bardem
Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem refused to talk about his prospective new life as a father, when he presented his new film "Eat Pray Love" with co-star Julia Roberts at a…
Stevie Wonder to UN: Ease copyrights for the blind
Stevie Wonder pressed global copyright overseers on Monday to help blind and visually impaired people access millions of science, history and other audiobooks, which they cannot read in electronic form.…
Julia Roberts honored at San Sebastian film festival
SAN SEBASTIAN: Oscar-winning US actress Julia Roberts was on Monday honored with a lifetime achievement award at the San Sebastian film festival in Spain. The 42-year-old received the festival's Donostia…
Ayman Nour says NDP’s economic policies ‘far from being liberal’
CAIRO: In defending his party’s liberal economic policies, Al-Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour attacked Monday the economic policies of the National Democratic Party (NDP), accusing successive governments of a misapplication…