'Dragon' stokes up box office with $43.3 mln debut
How to Train Your Dragon” breathed a bit of box-office fire with a $43.3 million opening weekend and a No. 1 debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. Distributed by Paramount,…
Standing up for Astasia
Set in the countryside of Upper Egypt, "Astasia” centers on a murder where everyone is a suspect. On the surface of the latest novel by Egyptian Khairy Shalaby (Dar Al…
Rescuers search Moroccan lake for UAE leader's brother
RABAT: Rescuers searching for a brother of the United Arab Emirates president whose glider crashed in Morocco combed through rugged terrain and swampland on Sunday near the capital Rabat, officials…
France seeks electricity lines under Mediterranean, say sources
PARIS: France is working on plans for a consortium of companies to build a vast network of undersea electricity lines to bring solar power from Africa to Europe, sources close…
Pakistan sets restrictions for nuclear scientist
LAHORE: A Pakistani court said Monday disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan remained a free man but ordered him to give security services prior notice about his movements, lawyers said.…
Somalis against Al-Qaeda militants
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Hundreds of women and children are protesting in the streets of Somalia's capital against militants linked to Al-Qaeda. The protesters marched Monday to protest that Al-Shabab insurgents have…
Israel concerned over world standing
JERUSALEM: Nearly one out of every two Israelis thinks the country's international standing is poor following Israel's most serious crisis with the United States in decades, according to a poll…
Iraq PM criticizes UN
BAGHDAD: Iraq's prime minister rebuked the United Nations for not backing his demand that the ballots from the country's March 7 parliamentary elections be recounted. The comments are the latest…
Twin car bombs kill five in Iraqi holy city
KARBALA: Twin blasts caused by car bombs rocked Iraq's holy Shia shrine city of Karbala on Monday, killing at least five people, medical officials and witnesses said. The explosions occurred…
NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, 14 injured
KANDAHAR: A NATO helicopter crashed in troubled southern Afghanistan on Monday, wounding 14 people on board in the second such incident in a week, police and the military said. Deputy…
