A closer inspection of Cairo’s ghost towns
Driving east or west out of Cairo, one used to observe endless…
Kuwait votes in polls hoping to end deadlock
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaitis head to the ballot box next month for the…
Mogadishu fighting kills at least 9 Somalis
MOGADISHU: Somali militants firing vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft guns clashed with African Union forces…
KANO: Soldiers and police Sunday manned checkpoints in Nigeria’s second largest city after coordinated bombings and gun battles killed 162 people in one of the deadliest attacks to hit the mainly Muslim north. A round-the-clock curfew imposed shortly aft
TEHRAN: Seventeen people have died after a storm capsized a passenger boat…
Nigerian security probe attacks that killed 162
KANO: Soldiers and police Sunday manned checkpoints in Nigeria's second largest city…
Rights group says Iraq becoming ‘police state’
BAGHDAD: Iraq's Shia-led government cracked down harshly on dissent during the past…
Syria opposition to head to UN seeking intervention
CAIRO: The opposition Syrian National Council plans to send a delegation to…
Thousands protest against Yemen president immunity
SANAA: Tens of thousands of Yemenis demanded President Ali Abdullah Saleh's execution…
Egypt police kill migrants trying to sneak into Israel
CAIRO: Egyptian border police shot dead two African migrants and wounded a…
Obama, Clinton speak to Egypt officials about economy, transition
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday called Egypt's foreign…