PESHAWAR: A huge car bomb killed a hundred people in Pakistan and Taleban gunmen struck a UN hostel in Afghanistan on Wednesday in a wave of bloodshed as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived... Full Story
GAZA CITY: Hamas said on Wednesday it will ban the organization of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after President Mahmoud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories. The move
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s constitutional court on Wednesday rejected an action brought by four voters to declare invalid the election of two women MPs because they refuse to wear the headscarf. The
TEHRAN: Iran’s envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog agency will present Tehran’s position on a draft nuclear fuel deal in Vienna on Thursday, a semi-official Iranian news agency reported on
RAMALLAH: Palestinian Minster of National Economy Hasan Abu Libdeh said on Wednesday a committee set up by the Palestinian Authority will announce a comprehensive boycott of goods and services produced
SANAA: Yemen has confirmed the arrest of five Iranians on a boat loaded with weapons, claimed earlier by local officials to be destined to rebels locked in fierce fighting with the army since August. “Security
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday urged Pakistan to face up to the potential threat of nuclear-armed terrorists and encouraged the country to join nuclear non-proliferation
SRINAGAR: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called on neighboring Pakistan to crack down on terrorist groups operating from its soil, saying New Delhi’s sincere efforts for peace
WASHINGTON: The Council on American Islamic Relations, one of Islam's most active advocacy groups in Washington, celebrated 15 battle-scarred years of service this week. At an annual banquet
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels helping Philippine authorities track down a kidnapped Irish priest have mounted an operation Tuesday to rescue the hostage in the hinterlands of
