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Talks between North, South Korea end on factories with no breakthrough

SEOUL: Talks between North and South Korea aimed at restarting a stalled inter-Korean factory park ended on Wednesday with no breakthrough.However, both sides agreed...

Landslide buries up to 40 people in southwest China

BEIJING: A landslide caused by heavy rain took place in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday that left between 30 and 40 people buried,...

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...

Edward Snowden accepts political asylum in Venezuela: top lawmaker

MOSCOW: US whistleblower Edward Snowden, who has been holed up in a Moscow airport for more than two weeks, has accepted an offer of...

US trying to hide Osama bin Laden raid files

WASHINGTON: The United States government is reportedly moving to hide files about the military’s suspected raid on al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011.“The...

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...

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