GAZA CITY: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip spoke of their despair on Saturday after Israel halted a deal to supply fuel to generate electricity. Thousands of liters of fuel had been trucked into Gaza

San Salvador - Nearly four decades after his assassination, Father Oscar Romero, the former Archbishop of San Salvador who was killed by suspected right-wing paramilitaries in 1980, will be proclaimed a saint by Pope

The Arab world stays silent. A Saudi journalist and critic of the Saudi leadership has possibly been killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. But there's been no official reaction from any Arab government,

US rapper Kanye (YE) West and his wife, reality TV star Kim Kardashian West, have arrived in Uganda on a private visit, in what is seen as a coup for the country's tourism promoters. 

Saudi Arabia has withdrawn its bid to join a global union of French-speaking countries. The International Organisation of the Francophonie had questioned Riyadh's commitment to human rights, particularly after the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.

Congolese opposition leader Paulin Makaya, recently released from prison after three years, has again been prevented from leaving Brazzaville, his family said. Border police stopped Makaya from boarding an Air France flight to Paris on

GAZA CITY: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip spoke of their despair on Saturday after Israel halted a deal to supply fuel to generate electricity. Thousands of liters of fuel had been trucked into Gaza

NEW CAIRO: It was supposed to offer a more desirable way of life away from the Egyptian capital’s crowds, traffic and pollution. Affluent Egyptians could pay some of the county’s most expensive property prices

NEW CAIRO: It was supposed to offer a more desirable way of life away from the Egyptian capital’s crowds, traffic and pollution. Affluent Egyptians could pay some of the county’s most expensive property prices

Doha, Qatar - The United States has agreed to discuss the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan in a direct meeting with Taliban representatives in Qatar, officials from the armed group say. In a