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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...

53 injured in car bomb blast in southern Beirut

BEIRUT: A powerful car bomb blast occurred in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Tuesday that left at least 53 persons...

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood rejects interim president’s plan for elections

CAIRO: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has rejected a plan by Interim President Adli Mansour to hold new presidential elections.Mansour’s decree set a timetable for a...

First day of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia, UAE on July 10 (Wednesday)

RIYADH: The first day of holy month of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia and UAE will be observed on July 10 (Wednesday) as Ramadan crescent...

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood calls for ‘uprising’

CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Monday called for 'uprising' after at least 35 of its supporters were shot dead outside an army headquarters in the...

Civil War in Egypt: Egyptian Islamists rally to defend Morsi

Early on Monday soldiers and police resorted to guns and tear gas to disperse Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi outside the Republican...

Three policemen killed in blast in Yemeni capital

ADEN: Three policemen were killed and two others injured when a roadside bomb hidden in a plastic bag exploded in the Yemeni capital Sanaa...

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