Qaeda reaches out armed with English and Internet
DUBAI: Al-Qaeda has combined the global reach of both the English language and the Internet as cyber-terrorism tools to win over non-Arab sympathizers. Al-Qaeda's Yemen-based wing released the first edition…
UN yet to decide on Sudan reinforcements
KHARTOUM: The UN has not yet decided whether to send more troops to the tense border between north and south Sudan ahead of a southern independence vote in January but…
UK director Mike Leigh cancels Israel trip over loyalty oath
JERUSALEM: Veteran British film director Mike Leigh has cancelled a working visit to Jerusalem over plans to compel all non-Jewish new citizens to swear a controversial loyalty oath to Israel…
Bin Laden living comfortably in Pakistan, says CNN
KABUL: Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is living comfortably in a house in northwest Pakistan close to his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri, CNN on Monday quoted a NATO official as saying.…
Roadside bomb in Baghdad kills local politician
BAGHDAD: A roadside bomb hit a convoy carrying a member of Baghdad's local government, killing him and wounding eight people on Monday, a spokesman for Baghdad's Provincial Council said. Insurgents…
Abbas warns against rise in extremism if peace talks fail
JERUSALEM: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas warned against a rise in extremism if the ongoing peace process failed, in an interview to Israeli public television. "Desperation will feed extremism," Abbas said…
Spain: pre-civil war novel wins major prize
Eduardo Mendoza has won Spain's most lucrative literary prize for a novel set in Madrid on the eve of the country's devastating civil war. The Premio Planeta was announced late…
Acclaimed author Belva Plain dies at 95
Belva Plain, who wrote more than 20 best-selling novels during a literary career that spanned several decades, has died. She was 95. Plain's daughter, Barbara,…
Jolie to get back license to film in Bosnia: local producer
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is expected to get a new license to film in Bosnia after the authorities revoked the initial one over concerns about the script, a local producer…
Hobbit row ‘threatens’ N. Zealand film industry
It was the backdrop for fictional battles between orcs and elves in "The Lord of the Rings" movies, but now New Zealand echoes to the war cries of very real…