Cairo/Larnaca: Egypt's public prosecutor has asked Cypriot authorities to hand over an Egyptian man accused of hijacking a passenger plane and diverting...
Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said he would present to parliament on Thursday his new cabinet lineup aimed at fighting corruption, in...
Moscow/Beirut: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad said it would not be difficult to agree a new Syrian government including opposition figures, but his...
Tripoli: Members of Libya's UN-backed Presidential Council reached Tripoli by ship on Wednesday, defying attempts to keep them out of the city and...
Paris: President Francois Hollande on Wednesday abandoned plans to strip French nationality from people convicted of terrorism, climbing down from a tough...
Washington: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to stand by his campaign manager despite the aide's arrest over a...
Athens: Arrivals of refugees and migrants to Greece from Turkey rose sharply on Wednesday, just over a week since the European Union and Turkey struck a...
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia over a deadly firebombing attack...
Baghdad: Despite intense US pressure to act to keep Iraq's largest dam from collapsing, Baghdad has done little to prepare Iraqis for the possibility of...