Bomber of Baghdad mosque disguised self as beggar
BAGHDAD: The suicide bomber who killed 29 people at Baghdad's largest Sunni mosque disguised himself as an injured beggar and attended prayers there for nearly a week, a senior religious…
Migrants group evacuates 850 more from Tripoli
GENEVA: The International Organization for Migration says it has evacuated 850 more stranded foreign workers from the Libyan capital Tripoli aboard a chartered ferry. The Geneva-based organization said Monday the…
Grand Mufti says ‘we broke the barriers of the past’ in Eid speech
CAIRO: In his annual speech to mark Eid El-Fitr, Egypt’s Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa said that this year stands out more than any other since “we have broken all the…
Egypt closes Rafah border for Eid break
RAFAH: Egypt decided to close the Rafah border during the Eid El-Fitr holiday starting this Tuesday, a security official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the crossing…
UN warns of bird flu resurgence, new Asian strain
ROME: The United Nations warned Monday of a possible resurgence of the deadly bird flu virus, saying wild bird migrations had brought it back to previously virus-free countries and that…
Ether and earth: Susheela Raman
By Chitra Kalyani One evening at Geneina Theater, like a many-headed Indian deity, Susheela Raman showed her many facets. Her songs are borrowed from covers of Western rock to traditions in…
Egypt unemployment rate reaches 11.8 pct
CAIRO: Egypt’s unemployment rate reached 11.8 percent in the second quarter of 2011, down from 11.9 percent in the first quarter, but higher than last year’s 8.96 percent. Despite the…
Big oil companies may have to give up Iraq gas
DUBAI: Many of the world's biggest energy companies may have to surrender most of the gas from Iraq's vast southern oilfields to a processing and export project led by Shell,…
Eni CEO Scaroni meets rebel leaders in Libya
BENGHAZI: The chief executive of Italian oil firm Eni was in eastern Libya on Monday to meet with members of the rebel government, a spokesman for Libya's rebel transitional government…
Egypt to resume gas exports to Jordan in September
CAIRO: Egypt will sign a deal to resume gas exports to Jordan next month despite attacks by armed groups on the gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai region, Egyptian state news…