Finland foreign minister visits Gaza
GAZA CITY: Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb called for the further lifting of movement restrictions on the Gaza Strip during a visit to the territory on Thursday. Stubb joined a…
3 more troops killed in Afghan bomb blast, says NATO
KABUL: A bomb blast killed three NATO troops in western Afghanistan on Thursday, a day after six service members died in a spate of attacks by insurgents in the east…
UN troops could police Sudan border ‘hotspots’, says US official
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations troops could police "hotspots" on the tense border between North and South Sudan before an independence referendum in the south, a senior US official said. The…
Assad tells visiting Maliki new Iraq govt will help ties
DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad told visiting Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday that better ties between the two nations would be strengthened by the formation of a new Iraqi…
Nepal teen stands tall as world’s shortest man
POKHARA: A Nepalese fruit seller's son with the body of a toddler turned 18 on Thursday and was officially declared the world's shortest man by Guinness record officials. Khagendra Thapa…
Sudan official says delay inevitable in vote on oil district
KHARTOUM/ JUBA: A vote due in January on whether the contested Sudanese oil district of Abyei should remain part of the north or join the south can no longer go…
Lawyers for Turkish aid flotilla victims ask ICC to act
THE HAGUE: Lawyers representing the Turkish victims of Israel's deadly storming of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May urged the International Criminal Court in The Hague Thursday to pursue those…
Iranian director says politics force him to work abroad
BUSAN: Acclaimed Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami says the political climate in his homeland is forcing him to work overseas. Speaking on the sidelines of the 15th Pusan International Film Festival,…
Indian principal kidnapped in Niger Delta
LAGOS: Gunmen in Nigeria's restive southern delta kidnapped the principal of a school sponsored by Exxon Mobil Corp., killing two police officers in a firefight marking the latest abduction in…
Danish FM meets top Muslim cleric to defuse cartoon tension
CAIRO: Denmark's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the hurt caused to Muslims from cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohamed was "very regrettable," after she met Egypt's top cleric to defuse…