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Tareq Aziz, the urbane voice of Saddam’s rule

  BAGHDAD: Iraq's former deputy premier Tareq Aziz, who state television said…

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EU urges trade partners to remove protectionist barriers

BRUSSELS: European Union trade chiefs urged major partners including China, Russia and…

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Gallup to open Muslim opinion research center in UAE

DUBAI: Global opinion research organization Gallup is to open a research center…

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WikiLeaks insists website not anti-American

LONDON: WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson insisted Monday that the whistle-blowing website was…

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Israeli panel seeks testimony from all flotilla passengers

JERUSALEM: The Israeli panel examining a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid…

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Karzai admits receiving ‘bags of money’ from Iran

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai admitted Monday that his chief of staff…

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Youth killed, several wounded in Western Sahara

RABAT: A youth was killed and five people were wounded by Moroccan…

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Tony Blair’s sister-in-law converts to Islam

LONDON: The sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has converted…

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South Sudan chooses ‘freedom’ anthem

JUBA: Hundreds of cheering southern Sudanese packed a concert hall in the…

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In US debut, Icelandic filmmaker exposes grim organ trade

For his first movie outside his native Iceland, filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur plunged…

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