Osama bin Laden in Washington, not Tehran, says Ahmadinejad
WASHINGTON: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday denied recent press reports that Osama bin Laden is in Tehran and insisted that the Al-Qaeda leader is, in fact, in the US…
Two dead in Riyadh floods
RIYADH: Two people died in the flooding caused by violent thunderstorms which paralyzed Riyadh this week, Saudi newspapers reported on Wednesday. Some 155 people had to be rescued as cars,…
Gaza report judge meets critics in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG: An internationally respected jurist who accused Israel of war crimes has discussed his findings with fellow South African Jews who criticized his UN report. In a statement Wednesday, the…
Report points to pilot error in Ethiopian jet crash, says source
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 BEIRUT: A preliminary report on the crash of an Ethiopian airliner in Lebanon in which all 90 people on board died earlier this year…
Israel Demands Jews Pay Costs for Eviction
HEBRON, West Bank: Israel’s State Prosecutor’s Office has filed a suit against Jewish residents of Hebron in the West Bank to pay for the cost of evicting them from a…
Sunni imam gunned down in Baghdad
BAGHDAD: A Sunni imam was gunned down alongside two of his guards and a relative near his home and mosque in Baghdad on Wednesday, an interior ministry official said. Imam…
Israeli rabbi accused of masked drive-by shooting of student
JERUSALEM: An Israeli rabbi who founded a religious school for reformed criminals has been arrested on suspicion of wounding one of his students in a gangland style drive-by shooting, police…
Iran kills five members of Kurdish group, says report
TEHRAN: Iran said on Wednesday it had killed five members of a Kurdish guerilla group in the westerly Kermanshah province, semi-official Fars news agency reported. Ali Akbar Nouri, a commander…
At least 24 dead in South African bus crash, says emergency services
JOHANNESBURG: At least 24 people died and 15 others were badly injured when a bus overturned in South Africa on Wednesday, emergency services said. "We have been informed that some…
Iraq heads towards new Shia-led government
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 BAGHDAD: Iraq inched towards a new government Wednesday after its two biggest Shia Muslim alliances struck a deal to end months of post-election haggling…