GAZA CITY — Merchants across the Gaza Strip closed their shops yesterday in a half-day strike to protest against Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory, an AFP correspondent said. Meanwhile,
MANILA — Some six million children of Filipino overseas workers bear the brunt of the social costs of migration, according to the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In a paper
ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), yesterday warned foreign mining firms against venturing into the southern province of Maguindanao. It
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The family of a Hamas preacher yesterday held the security forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas responsible for the death of their relative due to “severe torture.” Mohammed
BAGHDAD — Extremists fired an explosive barrage yesterday into Baghdad’s heavily protected Green Zone, targeting the heart of America’s diplomatic and military mission in Iraq. The US military
TEHRAN — A report released by the UN nuclear watchdog Friday has vindicated Iran’s nuclear program and left no justification for any UN Security Council sanctions, top government officials said yesterday. A
ISLAMABAD — President Pervez Musharraf is coming under attack from leaders of Pakistan’s main opposition party, who vowed yesterday to curtail some of his broad powers, including his right to dismiss
ISLAMABAD — The president of All Pakistan Bar Association and eminent jurist Aitzaz Ahsan was rearrested and detained in his house after a brief brush with freedom. The Punjab government had
