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Arab Autumn Continues—-Tunisian top opposition leader Shokri Belaid shot dead

TUNIS: A prominent Tunisian opposition politician Shokri Belaid was killed outside his home on Wednesday, prompting hundreds of Tunisians to protest in front of...

8.0 quake strikes in South Pacific; five dead

HONIARA: A powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands on Wednesday with small tsunami waves buffeting Pacific coastlines, leaving at least five...

Ahmadinejad targeted with shoe on his historic visit to Cairo

CAIRO: A Syrian man on Tuesday attempted to attack Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a shoe as the President left Al-Hussein mosque in Cairo...

Drone strikes on US terror suspects are ‘legal, ethical, wise’: White House

WASHINGTON: The White House on Tuesday defended targeted drone strikes against American citizens abroad suspected of high-level terrorist activity, but declined to give detail...

Drone strikes ‘clear violation of our sovereignty’; Pakistan’s envoy to US

WASHINGTON: CIA drone strikes in Pakistan are “a clear violation of our sovereignty and a violation of international law” that threaten stable relations between...

Pakistan to raise Kashmir issue at OIC Summit in Cairo

ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan’s Foreign Office said on Wednesday that the issue of Kashmir will be raised in the 12th OIC summit where Foreign Minister Hina...

The snowiest winter in a century has hit Moscow

Moscow: The snowiest winter in a century has hit Moscow and 45,000 community services employees and 15,000 units of equipment were attempting to cope with 26...

North Korea threatens ‘stronger measures than nuclear test’ over ‘hostile nuclear war moves’

SEOUL: North Korea has threatened to go beyond carrying out its promised third nuclear test in response to what it believes are "hostile" sanctions...

Iran’s Ahmadinejad calls on Egypt’s Morsi on his historic visit to Cairo

CAIRO: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held 20-minute talk in Cairo on Tuesday with his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Morsi on the divisive issue of Syria’s...

Japan protests to China over island row

TOKYO: Japan's Foreign Ministry summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday in protest after what it says was another incursion into its territorial waters around islands...

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