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Malala wins EU’s Sakharov human rights prize

STRASBOURG: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot on a school bus by the Taliban last October for campaigning on the education of...

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan released after being kidnapped by former rebels

TRIPOLI: Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been released, hours after he was kidnapped by a rebel-controlled Interior Ministry, state-run news agency said. Earlier in...

Truck crashes into gorge in northern India; 20 Hindu pilgrims killed

NEW DELHI: A truck carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed into a gorge in northern India on Thursday when its driver lost control of the vehicle...

US halts delivery of military systems, cash assistance to Egypt

WASHINGTON: The United States has said that it is suspending a large part of its military and other cash aid to Egypt. In a statement,...

Libyan PM Zeidan kidnapped by rebels from a hotel in Tripoli; former Libyan rebel group claims his kidnap in response to US operation

TRIPOLI: Rebels grabbed Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on Thursday morning from the Corinthia Hotel in the Libyan capital and took him to an...

Ilham Aliyev wins third term as Azerbaijan’s President

BAKU: Ilham Aliyev has become the Azerbaijan’s President for a third term after he won polls held today (Wednesday) by securing nearly 84 percent...

Morsi’s trial for inciting murder to begin on Nov 4: state media

CAIRO: The trial of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi and 14 other defendants will start on November 4, the state news agency reported on...

Israeli scientists win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

STOCKHOLM: Israeli scientists including Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel have won the 2013 Nobel Prize for chemistry "for the development of multiscale models...

Senior Bangladeshi opposition leader awarded life sentence

DHAKA: A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a senior member of the opposition for his involvement in the killing...

Obama ready to negotiate with Republicans on budget

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has expressed his willingness to negotiate with Republicans on budget; however, he said that it will only be possible...

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