Four tunnels, six houses destroyed in troubled Sinai
Actions are part of the army’s ongoing war against Al Qaeda-inspired militants
Food prices lead Turkish inflation higher in December
Turkey has an official 5% inflation target and a most recent central…
Halt ‘politically motivated’ trials: Amnesty International
Rights watchdog condemns upcoming verdict against activists
Dubai’s Nakheel plans $1.1bn of early debt repayments in 2014: chairman
Nakheel’s profit jumped in recent quarters on the back of the local…
Egypt’s doctors strike for one day
The Doctor’s Syndicate and the Ministry of Health provide conflicting figures on…
Court obliges the state to fund comatose protester’s treatment
Mo’awad Adel remains in a coma as a legal struggle for funding…
Lebanon arrests head of Qaeda-linked group: minister
Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry also confirmed that Majid, a Saudi citizen, was…
Kerry launches 2014 with all-out bid for Mideast peace
US Secretary of State John Kerry hurtles into 2014 with a trip…
Harsher penalties for desecrating flag and dishonouring national anthem
Cabinet passes bill criminalising desecration of flag