S.Africa rail strike leaves millions stranded
JOHANNESBURG: A strike by rail workers in South Africa left two million…
Over 1,000 executed every year for drugs, says report
VIENNA: More than 1,000 people face execution worldwide every year for drug-related…
Fear of Tehran haunts Iranian refugees in Turkey
NEVSEHIR: Tortured in jails and threatened with death, Behzad, Siyavash and Ali…
Niger charges driver in kidnap of Frenchman
NIAMEY: Authorities in Niger have charged the driver of a 78-year-old Frenchman…
France to deport Iranian jailed for ex-PM's murder, says official
PARIS: France will on Monday sign a deportation order for Iranian agent…
Yemen seeks release of kidnapped Chinese oil workers
SANAA: Yemeni security forces have launched an operation to free two Chinese…
Abbas to meet US envoy on Wednesday, say Palestinians
RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will meet US envoy George Mitchell Wednesday…
UN Hariri court to file charges by year's end, says official
BEIRUT: A UN tribunal probing the 2005 murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq…
Mubarak head to Italy on first trip abroad since surgery
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak will travel to Italy on Tuesday on his…
For Iraqis, learning Hebrew is a mixed blessing
BAGHDAD: Wearing an elegant pink headscarf, Marwa Abdel Karim serenades her fellow…