UAE president brother's body found in Morocco, say investigators
RABAT: Rescuers on Tuesday found the body of a brother of the United Arab Emirates president, four days after his ultralight aircraft crashed into a Moroccan lake, investigators said. Sheikh…
DR.Congo minister denies LRA's attacks killed hundreds
KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo's justice minister on Thursday denied that attacks last December by Ugandan rebels took more than 300 lives, and said that some 25 people died.…
Pakistani Supreme Court ups pressure on government
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court threatened to imprison the head of Pakistan's anti-corruption agency Tuesday, as the government failed to meet a 24-hour deadline to reopen a slew of graft cases,…
Kurdish activist arrested in Syria, say rights group
DAMASCUS: Kurdish activist Mahmud Safo, a member of a banned leftist party in Syria, has been arrested by security forces in the north of the country, a Syrian rights group…
Israelis fire on Gaza protests as Arabs mark 'Land Day'
GAZA CITY: A Palestinian teenager was killed and several others were wounded on Tuesday as Israeli troops fired on demonstrators near the Gaza border while Israeli Arabs and Palestinians marked…
Kuwaiti wife gets death for lethal fire at husband wedding
KUWAIT CITY: A court on Tuesday sentenced a Kuwaiti woman to death for starting a fire that killed 57 women and children at the wedding party of her husband who…
India probing multiple hijackings off Somalia
NEW DELHI: India is investigating the hijacking of several boats off the coast of Somalia amid news reports that eight vessels and 120 Indian sailors have been seized. "There is…
Darfur rebels threaten return to arms
DOHA: Darfur's main rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement, warned on Monday its forces would return to an armed struggle if talks with the Sudanese government hit a dead…
Iranian agents free kidnapped diplomat
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran's intelligence agents mounted a "complicated" cross-border operation and freed an Iranian diplomat kidnapped in 2008 by gunmen in northwestern Pakistan, state television reported Tuesday. The agents rescued…
Nuclear ambitions, terrorism focus at G8 meet
GATINEAU, Canada: Group of Eight ministers gathered here Tuesday to discuss nuclear proliferation as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said China would play a role in efforts to forge…
