RAMALLAH/GAZA CITY: A senior Fatah official on Wednesday said that his movement unilaterally signed the Egyptian-mediated reconciliation agreement with rival Hamas movement, despite recent tension
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: Streams of civilians jammed into cars and trucks Wednesday to flee the militant stronghold of South Waziristan as the government pounded the area with airstrikes ahead of
WASHINGTON: The good news: military recruiters have surpassed their goals this year. The bad news: The economic downturn has a lot to do with it. The US military met all its goals for the first
SANAA: Separatists in south Yemen used the anniversary of an uprising against colonial power Britain to press their claim for independence on Wednesday, while President Ali Abdullah Saleh promised
BURSA: The presidents of Turkey and Armenia attended a World Cup soccer match together on Wednesday in a show of unity meant to help defuse opposition to a deal reopening their border and restoring
NEW DELHI: The North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh this year vies with national capital Delhi along with economic capital of India — Maharashtra — for winning the bi-annual CMS (Center for Media Studies)
BAGHDAD: At least 85,000 people lost their lives from 2004 to 2008 during Iraq’s violent uprising, according to the first official report by the Iraqi government on the death toll since the war began. The
MUMBAI: Exit poll results have predicted a hung assembly in Maharashtra causing jitters in the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) camp. After an internal assessment, a major task now
