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Central Beirut rocked by rocket fire

BEIRUT: Six people were slightly injured when rockets smashed into a building…

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Zidane to visit Bangladesh at Nobel laureate's invitation

DHAKA: French football star Zinedine Zidane is set to visit Bangladesh next…

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Final bids Monday for Egypt's Bank of Alexandria

CAIRO: Six European and Arab banks will place their final bids Monday…

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Beijing looks to brush up on its English for Olympics

BEIJING: Beijing will try to stamp out embarrassingly bad English on bilingual…

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'Pregnant' smuggler bust by false labor pains

CAIRO: An Egyptian woman pretending to suffer from labor pains gave such…

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Hamas chief says Israel refusing prisoner exchange

CAIRO: The exiled political head of the Palestinian movement Hamas accused Israel…

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Hamas suggests unity talks with Fatah in Cairo

GAZA CITY: A political advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on…

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'Air born' baby gets 18 years of free flights

KUWAIT CITY: A baby girl born aboard an Egypt-bound Jazeera Airways flight…

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Hamas chief says Israel refusing prisoner exchange

CAIRO: The exiled political head of the Palestinian movement Hamas accused Israel…

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Hamas suggests unity talks with Fatah in Cairo

GAZA CITY: A political advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on…

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