UN climate panel names new authors after criticism
GENEVA: The UN science body on climate change, accused of ignoring its critics and allowing glaring errors to creep into its work, announced Wednesday that a broader range of experts…
Nations fail to limit whaling, Japan still hunts
AGADIR, Morocco: An international effort to truly limit whale hunting collapsed Wednesday, leaving Japan, Norway and Iceland free to keep killing hundreds of mammals a year, even raiding a marine…
Suicide bombers kill five as 12 die in Iraq unrest
MOSUL: Three suicide bombers killed four police and a soldier in separate attacks in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul on Thursday, as violence claimed a total of 12 lives…
Iraq says already preparing to host Arab summit
CAIRO: Iraq's representative to the Arab League says his country is going ahead with preparations to host next year's summit of the 22-member organization, already allocating $100 million. Qais Al-Azzawi…
Israel's Likud to back West Bank settlement growth
JERUSALEM: Israel's right-wing Likud party was to endorse on Thursday settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, with an eye to a building spurt when a moratorium on construction expires…
Lebanon charges two with belonging to Al-Qaeda
BEIRUT: Lebanon's military prosecutor on Thursday charged two people with belonging to Islamist group Al-Qaeda and plotting attacks on the Lebanese army, a judicial source said. "Judge Saqr Saqr charged…
Fearing expulsion, Palestinians stay home
JENIN, West Bank: The Helou family is so worried about getting expelled to Gaza by Israeli authorities that they're all but trapped in this West Bank town. They couldn't even…
Emirates says to order more planes at Farnborough
DUBAI: Dubai government-owned flagship carrier Emirates airline, the largest customer for the Airbus A380 aircraft, will make new plane orders at the July Farnborough Airshow, it said on Thursday. "Emirates…
Plans underway to relocate burnt market to 15th of May City
CAIRO: A Cairo Governorate committee began Thursday a survey of merchants at the ill-fated Friday Market which brunt down on Tuesday, in preparation for its relocation to 15th of May…
The Black Keys pride selves as 'unperfectionists'
The Black Keys should take their show on the road. Yes, the Akron, Ohio, blues-rock duo of singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney already tour almost constantly. But the…