Independent Teachers’ Syndicate to put education minister on ‘mock’ trial
CAIRO: The Independent Teachers' Syndicate is set to organize the first mock public trial of its kind to put Minister of Education Ahmed Zaki Badr in the hot seat, on…
Pakistan evacuates thousands in flooded south
KARACHI: Pakistani authorities Sunday evacuated tens of thousands from flood-threatened areas in the south but insisted that the 2.5 million people of Hyderabad were safe from the nation's worst-ever inundation.…
Israeli media reflect public mistrust in fresh peace talks
JERUSALEM: The Israeli press on Sunday greeted the announcement of renewed direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks with a wave of skepticism born of the sides' repeated failures to reach agreement in…
LRA spreads reign of terror in south Sudan
NZARA: When the dreadlocked gunmen burst out of the jungle at night firing AK-47 assault rifles, the men of the village took up bows and arrows to defend their families.…
US soldier killed in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD: An American soldier was killed in southern Iraq on Sunday, the US army said in a statement, bringing to 4,417 the number of its troops killed in the country…
Israel-Palestinian talks useless without US pressure: Syria
DAMASCUS: Syria's official press warned on Sunday that the resumption of direct US-brokered Israel-Palestinian peace talks would prove a waste of time unless Washington puts pressure on its Israeli ally.…
Mastermind of Hassan killing sprung from jail
BAGHDAD: The convicted mastermind of the killing of British aid worker Margaret Hassan was sprung from prison, Iraq's deputy justice minister said on Sunday, the first time his escape has…
16 wounded in violent demo over Iraq power rationing
NASIRIYAH: Dozens of Iraqis violently protested in the southern city of Nasiriyah to demand better power supplies, wounding 16 people including 10 policemen, witnesses and officials said on Sunday. The…
Iran inaugurates nation’s first unmanned bomber
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies. The 4-meter-long drone aircraft can…
USGC sees potential sorghum market in Egypt
A statement by the US Grains Council says it is looking to open the Egyptian market to non-tannin grain sorghum. Last week the council tendered 60 metric tons (2,400 bushels)…
