1,500 refugees perish trying to cross Mediterranean: UN
GENEVA: More than 1,500 people drowned or went missing trying to cross…
Lawmakers blast military rulers over new law
CAIRO: Egypt's newly elected lawmakers took aim at the country's military rulers…
Bedouin kidnap Chinese workers in Sinai
ISMAILIA: Bedouin in Egypt's Sinai Peninsulas kidnapped 25 mostly Chinese cement factory…
Iraq’s protest movement: despondent and divided
By Prashant Rao / AFP BAGHDAD: Nearly a year after national rallies rocked…
UN leader presses Mideast rivals back to talks
AMMAN: UN leader Ban Ki-moon was on Tuesday meeting with Jordan's King…
Tunisian rapper arrested over protest song
Tunisian police have arrested a young rapper, apparently over a song entitled…
At least 12 militants killed in Yemen air strike
ADEN: At least 12 Al-Qaeda militants, including one wanted by the United…
Syrian troops push further into Damascus suburbs
BEIRUT: Syria's troops crushed pockets of resistance on Damascus' outskirts Tuesday as…
US, Egypt seek to defuse NGO row
WASHINGTON: Senior Egyptian military officers visited the United States Monday for talks…
Defense Ministry denies Etman rumor
An officer at the Defense Ministry’s Morale Affairs office has denied in…