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Egypt interim PM says won’t rule out Brotherhood participation in govt

CAIRO: Egypt's interim Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi has said that he does not rule out the participation of Muslim Brotherhood in the new government. “I...

UK‚ Western countries to enhance aid to Syrian rebels

LONDON: Britain and other Western countries have decided to enhance supply of aid to areas under the control of rebels in Syria. Speaking in the...

UN calls on Hezbollah to withdraw from Syrian civil war

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has called on militants affiliated with Lebanon's Hezbollah party to cease their involvement in neighboring Syria’s civil war. In...

Syrian rebels used chemical weapons: Russia confirms

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that it has been confirmed that foreign-backed Syrian rebels used the chemical weapons in their fighting...

Obama orders review of US aid to Egypt

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has ordered Pentagon to review the US government’s assistance to Egypt’s government. "Given the events of last week, the President...

Egypt orders arrest of Brotherhood chief over deadly clashes

CAIRO: Egypt's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leaders including the supreme leader of the group, Muhammed Badie, on charges of...

Russia accuses Syrian rebels of using chemical weapons

MOSCOW: Russia has accused Syrian rebels of using chemical weapons in a northern town of Khan al-Assal near Aleppo in March this year. Russia's UN...

Egypt’s National Salvation Front rejects Mansour’s decree

CAIRO: Egypt's largest opposition coalition, the National Salvation Front (NSF), has rejected a constitutional decree issued by interim President Adli Mansour. Egypt's interim President Adli...

Hazem el-Biblawi named Egypt’s prime minister

CAIRO: A prominent economist Hazem el-Biblawi has been named Egypt's prime minister and former UN nuclear agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei has been named vice...

Taliban office in Doha temporarily closed after the removal of Taliban flag: sources

ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban are closing their Qatar office at least temporarily to protest demands they remove a sign that identified the movement as...

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