‘We will not back down,’ says wanted Bedouin Moussa El-Dilh
CAIRO: A Bedouin spokesman wanted by authorities has vowed that Bedouin outcasts will not back down in their struggle with the state in the area of Wadi Amr in Central…
British PM calls Gaza ‘prison camp’
ANKARA: British Prime Minister David Cameron Tuesday urged Israel to lift the blockade of the Gaza Strip, slamming the current state of the Palestinian enclave as a "prison camp." "Let…
Iraq political crisis deepens as parliament session scrapped
BAGHDAD: Iraq's parliament on Tuesday postponed indefinitely what would have been only its second session since a March election, extending a political deadlock that has plagued the country. The delay…
Four soldiers killed in south Yemen ambush, says official
SANAA: Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and nine others wounded in an ambush in the southern province of Lahij, a security official told AFP on Tuesday. "Four soldiers were killed…
Hamas calls on Abbas to reject direct peace talks
GAZA CITY: Hamas on Tuesday warned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas not to relaunch direct peace talks with Israel, which it said "would only serve the Zionist occupation." "We warn (Abbas)…
Sanctions-hit Iran defiant but ‘ready’ for nuclear talks
TEHRAN: Iran vowed on Tuesday to press ahead with its nuclear program even as it expressed readiness to resume talks about the controversial issue despite being slapped with tough new…
US ‘Audacity of Hope’ ship to head to Gaza
CAIRO: A flotilla of humanitarian aid ships is gearing up to set sail this fall to Gaza in an attempt to break the ongoing Israeli blockade of the Strip.…
Lufthansa says, Cargo plane in accident in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: A Lufthansa cargo plane caught fire and split in half as it was landing Tuesday in the Saudi Arabian capital, and the German pilot and co-pilot were lightly injured,…
Iraqi Shia group aimed to promote ‘virtue’ by the sword
NASIRIYAH: A group of masked, sword-wielding Shia youths aiming to "promote virtue and fight vice" terrorized a southern Iraqi city from early July until its members were rounded up. The…
King of kings’ Kadhafi muscles back into African Union
KAMPALA: Six months after reluctantly handing over the African Union presidency, Libya's maverick leader Moamer Kadhafi has tried once again to stamp his authority and his petrodollars on the body's…