Pakistan flood victims slam Zardari ‘joy ride’ in Europe
MAJUKY FAQIRABAD: Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zadari came under renewed fire Tuesday for visiting France and Britain while up to 3.2 million of his people suffer from the worst floods…
South African police investigate cause of deadly fire
JOHANNESBURG: South African forensic experts on Tuesday combed through a burnt down retirement home looking for clues as to what started a blaze that killed 18 people and left 84…
6 guards beheaded in Afghan bank heist
KABUL: Six Afghan private security guards were beheaded during a bank robbery in northern Afghanistan, police said Tuesday. Also Tuesday, insurgents launched a ground attack on NATO's largest base in…
Israeli group finds 492 violations of settlement ‘freeze’
JERUSALEM: The Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now has documented 492 violations of a partial moratorium on new construction in the occupied West Bank set to expire in September, the group…
Kuwait charges six men, woman with spying for Iran
KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti court on Tuesday charged six men, including a Kuwaiti soldier, and a woman with spying for Iran but the accused denied the charges alleging they had…
5 Iraqi soldiers killed by Al-Qaeda militants
BAGHDAD: Qaeda fighters killed five policemen at a Baghdad checkpoint on Tuesday and planted the black flag of the terror network's front group in Iraq, an interior ministry official said.…
Israel agreed to UN flotilla probe ‘to patch up Turkey ties’
JERUSALEM: Israel's surprise decision to back a UN probe into its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla was taken in a bid to patch up its ties with Turkey,…
Jordan has proof Aqaba rocket fired from Egypt, and Egypt launches security sweep
AMMAN: Jordan has proof a Grad-type rocket that struck its port city of Aqaba killing a taxi driver and wounding five other people was fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, a…
Egypt launches security sweep after Red Sea attack, says official
CAIRO: Egypt has launched a wide security sweep of Sinai after rockets said to be fired from the peninsula landed in Israel and Jordan killing one person, an Egyptian security…
Ahly took big stride towards semis, says coach
CAIRO: Ahly have taken a big stride towards the African Champions League semi finals following their hard-fought 2-1 victory over Ismaili on Sunday, coach Hossam Al-Badri said. The Red Devils…