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A Kuwaiti traffic officer uses a portable radar mobile to monitor road devils along a highway.

Kuwait deports hundreds of expatriates for traffic offenses

Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for traffic offenses in the past month, a report said yesterday, drawing condemnation from a human rights group. The Al-Anbaa newspaper cited a senior Interior...

Assad regime to refuse ‘dictate’ at peace meet

Thursday 16 May 2013

BEIRUT/DAMASCUS: The Syrian regime and its allies will refuse any “dictate” at an international peace conference, particularly concerning the departure of President Bashar Assad., a min

Media blamed for promoting Islamophobia

Thursday 16 May 2013

The media plays a strong role in promoting Islamophobia in the world, according to Nathan Lean, editor-in-chief, Aslan Media and a researcher at Georgetown University.

Palestinians mark 1948 mass displacement

Thursday 16 May 2013

RAMALLAH: Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in the West Bank and Gaza yesterday to mark the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war that followed Israel’s found

Iran hard-liners urge election ban on top rivals

Wednesday 15 May 2013

TEHRAN, Iran: Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two prominent presidential contenders — a moderate former president and a protege of current President Mahmoud Ahmadineja

Arab League: Syria seat not yet given to coalition

Wednesday 15 May 2013

DUBAI: The vacant Syrian seat at the Arab League has not been given to the opposition, even though its leader addressed the bloc’s last summit, the League’s secretary general said yeste

New Arab media landscape needed

Wednesday 15 May 2013

The Arab world needs a new media landscape to free itself from corruption, politics and vested interests, Arab Media Forum was told yesterday.

2 million Egyptians sign petition to oust Mursi

Tuesday 14 May 2013

CAIRO: A campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi and for early presidential elections has gathered over two million signatures, organizers told AFP.

Benghazi car bomb kills 15

Tuesday 14 May 2013

BENGHAZI: A car bomb exploded near a hospital in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi yesterday, killing at least 15 people, wounding dozens more and destroying a restaur

Erdogan warns: We will respond to border blasts

Tuesday 14 May 2013

REYHANLI, Turkey: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday Turkey would “not refrain” from responding to twin car bombings it has blamed on Syria b

Syrian fighter bites heart of dead soldier in video

Tuesday 14 May 2013

BEIRUT: A video of a Syrian opposition commander cutting the heart out of a soldier and biting into is emblematic of a civil war that has rapidly descended into sectaria

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Assad regime to refuse ‘dictate’ at peace meet

Media blamed for promoting Islamophobia

Palestinians mark 1948 mass displacement

Iran hard-liners urge election ban on top rivals

Arab League: Syria seat not yet given to coalition

New Arab media landscape needed

2 million Egyptians sign petition to oust Mursi

Benghazi car bomb kills 15

Erdogan warns: We will respond to border blasts

Syrian fighter bites heart of dead soldier in video

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