France releases Iranian assassin amid deal controversy
PARIS: A French court on Tuesday freed an Iranian agent jailed for…
Yemen court sentences six Somali pirates to death
SANAA: A Yemeni court Tuesday sentenced six Somali pirates to death and…
Rescuers race to reach trapped Turkish miners
ANKARA: Hundreds of rescuers on Tuesday raced to dig out 30 miners…
Search resumes for downed Afghan passenger plane
SALANG PASS, Afghanistan: Relatives of passengers aboard an Afghan plane that crashed…
Against terror, liberty is America's best defence
FREMONT, California: The arrest of Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old US citizen of…
Egypt won't allow Saudi budget flights
CAIRO: Egypt's aviation minister vowed on Monday that his country won't allow…
Over 1,000 executed every year for drugs, says report
VIENNA: More than 1,000 people face execution worldwide every year for drug-related…
MP goes on hunger strike to protest constituency shuffle
CAIRO: MP Mostafa Bakry has gone on a hunger strike inside the…
W. Sahara refugees bemoan the lack of work
DAKHLA REFUGEE CAMP: In the sprawling Dakhla camp for Western Sahara refugees,…
Fear of Tehran haunts Iranian refugees in Turkey
NEVSEHIR: Tortured in jails and threatened with death, Behzad, Siyavash and Ali…