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…
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,…
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.…
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…
EU bans all Philippines, Sudan airlines over safety concerns
BRUSSELS: The European Union announced Tuesday that it has banned all airlines in the Philippines and Sudan from flying into the EU for "serious and persistent non-compliance" with the bloc's…
New wave of fiction in Egypt bypasses politics
For decades, Arabic fiction was associated with the name of one man: Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for literature. Nearly four years after his death, his native…
Latin icon Ricky Martin says he is gay
Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, in a bombshell to legions of his fans all over the world, on Monday confirmed a longtime rumor that he is gay. "I am proud…
One of Cannes's darlings scoops six prizes at Romanian awards
Romanian filmmaker Corneliu Porumboiu, one of Cannes's darlings, won six prizes including the one for best film at the Romanian Gopo awards on Monday. The best actress trophy went to…
