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Egypt’s ousted president detained over alleged ties with Hamas

CAIRO: Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi has been detained over alleged contacts with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas to help in his escape from...

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood given 48-hour deadline for political reconciliation

CAIRO: Egypt's army has given the Muslim Brotherhood party until Saturday afternoon to sign up to political reconciliation, a military official said. It comes after...

Brahimi warns of sending weapons to Syria

UNITED NATIONS: UN-Arab League Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi has warned that sending weapons to Syria will only deepen the crisis. In an interview‚...

Kerry sees no military solution to Syria crisis

NEW YORK: The crisis in Syria cannot be resolved militarily but through negotiations between all the parties involved in the situation, US Secretary of...

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood urges peaceful pro-Morsi protests

CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badei on Thursday urged a peaceful "stand" against the coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsi. "The dignified Egyptian masses...will...

UAE embassy in Libyan capital attacked: Interior ministry

TRIPOLI: Armed groups fired a rocket-propelled grenade into the United Arab Emirates embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday morning, with no injuries...

Putin plans to visit Iran to restart nuclear talks

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit Iran in mid-August in an effort to restart talks on Iran's controversial nuclear programme. Putin's first trip...

Nine policemen killed as militants attack police station in Iraq’s north

BAGHDAD: Unspecified number of militants armed with mortar rounds and automatic weapons stormed a police station outside the northern city of Mosul early on...

European Parliament identifies Wahabi and Salafi roots of global terrorism

It is not merely the faith or oil that flows out of Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich Arab state and its neighbours are busy financing...

Obama allowed to arm Syrian rebels after US congressional hurdles lifted

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama can now go ahead with a plan to arm the struggling Syrian rebels, after several congressional concerns have been...

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