Barca will face transformed Real, warns Ronaldo
MADRID: Barcelona will face a "very different" Real Madrid when the two sides clash next month for the first time since Jose Mourinho took over as coach, Real star Cristiano…
Saudi prince backs moving planned NYC mosque
DUBAI: A Saudi prince who has aided the imam spearheading a proposed Islamic center near New York's ground zero is appealing for another site not associated with the "wound" of…
Ehud Netzer, noted Israeli archaeologist, dies
JERUSALEM: Ehud Netzer, an Israeli archaeologist best known for excavating King Herod's winter palace and discovering the monarch's tomb there, has died after falling at the site this week. He…
Yemen tribesmen free kidnapped Swede: provincial official
ADEN: Yemeni tribesmen freed the Swedish technical director of a cement works in the troubled southern province of Abyan on Friday after holding him overnight, a provincial official told AFP.…
In Turkey, celebrations highlight division
ANKARA: On Turkey's anniversary celebrations, all eyes are on the head of the president's wife. In a gesture that strikes at the heart of a wrenching debate over secularism and…
Tens of thousands rally for Islamic Jihad in Gaza
GAZA CITY: Tens of thousands of Palestinians turned out for a rally in the Gaza Strip on Friday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the founding of the hardline group…
Gunmen in deadly attack on NATO trucks in Pakistan
QUETTA: Gunmen in southwest Pakistan on Friday set ablaze two trucks carrying supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing one person and wounding a child, police said. There was no…
Three dead in north Yemen clashes: tribal chief
SANAA: Clashes between Shia rebels and a pro-government tribe in the mountains of northern Yemen on Thursday evening killed a tribesman and two rebels, the tribe's leader told AFP. "Armed…
Lebanon braces for worst as Hezbollah snubs UN Hariri probe
BEIRUT: Lebanon braced on Friday for a fresh political crisis after Hezbollah urged a boycott of a UN-backed tribunal on the murder of Rafiq Hariri and the United Nations warned…
Iran says it is ready to restart nuclear talks
TEHRAN: Iran notified the European Union Friday that it is willing to restart international negotiations over its nuclear program after Nov. 10, potentially reviving talks that foundered a year ago.…