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Most “Unwanted Man” in African politics by West–Robert Mugabe backs in power by winning Zimbabwe election

HARARE: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has defeated Prime Minster Morgan Tsvangirai in the African country’s presidential elections held on Wednesday, a senior source in...

Putin, Rouhani to meet in Kyrgyzstan in September

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his newly-elected Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani for the first time in Kyrgyzstan in September, the Iranian ambassador to...

Militants in Syria take 200 Kurdish civilians hostage

DAMASCUS: About 200 Kurdish civilians have been taken hostage by foreign-backed Takfiri militants in Syria following violent clashes in two villages in the country’s...

Zimbabweans vote to elect new President

HARARE: Zimbabwean presidential elections are being held on Wednesday (today) across the African country, the incumbent President Robert Mugabe,89, is running for a seventh...

US plans to declassify information about NSA surveillance programs

WASHINGTON: The US intelligence community plans to declassify information about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs, in a “deliberate” effort to provide the public...

Israel, Palestine set goal of peace deal in nine months

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed to meet again within two weeks to start substantive...

Israelis‚ Palestinians resume direct talks in Washington

WASHINGTON: Israelis and Palestinians have resumed direct talks in Washington DC  for the first time in three years. The US Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed...

US Senate confirms James Comey as new FBI director

WASHINGTON: James Comey, the former Deputy US Attorney General under President George W. Bush, has sailed through a confirmation vote in the US Senate...

Tunisia government refuses to step down, announces to hold general election by December

TUNIS: Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh has said that the government will not step down despite opposition’s demands, and will hold elections by the...

US condemns Egypt violence, refuses to suspend military aid

WASHINGTON: The United States has condemned the violence and bloodshed in Egypt which left at least 150 people killed and scores of others injured...

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