Abe delays plan for tax hike in Japan
Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe will delay a controversial increase in sales…
Israeli environment minister resigns in protest of ‘extremist government’
Center-right politician Avi Gabbay has stepped down as environment minister, saying the…
In Pictures: Fire breaks out at popular market in central Cairo, Al-Attaba
Photos by Asmaa Gamal
End of the line for Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu?
Turkey's ruling party is set to hold an extraordinary congress to decide…
Former prime minister Nazif is now ‘free of all charges’
The appeal court acquitted Nazif from charges of illicit gains
Baghdad’s Shiite-Sunni politics in shambles
Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Abadi has failed to abolish sectarian and party quotas…
Parliament approves Ismail’s cabinet with 433-vote majority
Only 38 voted against the programme, while five abstained from voting
Egypt PM appreciates Cypriot support during hijacked plane crisis
Cyprus is ready to be the voice of Egypt inside the European…
Free Egyptians approves cabinet programme despite numerous defects
“Rejection could lead to more economic uncertainty,” says party spokesperson
Youth campaign criticises parliament’s ‘absence of vision, planning’
“Public approval of parliamentary performance is in monthly decline, and could near…