Egyptian expatriates in Qatar, while obviously unhappy about what is happening back home, say they expect the situation to become clearer today as the Muslim Brotherhood has called for protests after Friday prayers all

The mainstream rebel Free Syrian Army condemned the deadly explosion that killed over 20 people in Beirut's southern suburb on Thursday. The FSA military command "condemns this criminal act targeting civilians," Louai Moqdad, the group's

Supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood stormed and torched a government building in Cairo yesterday, while families tried to identify hundreds of mutilated bodies piled in a Cairo mosque a day after they were shot

Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has reiterated AFC’s support for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. “The AFC is confident that Qatar will host a magnificent World

A car bomb Thursday rocked a southern suburb of Lebanon's capital -- an area known as a stronghold of the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, the Lebanese Army said. Eighteen people were killed and

The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah yesterday received the credentials of Nicholas Hopton, the British ambassador to Qatar. The minister wished the envoy success in his new assignment and

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators reconvened US-brokered peace talks in Jerusalem yesterday amid little fanfare and low expectations, dogged by plans for more Jewish settler homes on occupied land. The resumption of negotiations, after a first

Vice-president El Baradei quits; Qatar condemns use of force CAIRO: Egyptian security forces crushed the protest camps of thousands of supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohammed Mursi yesterday, shooting almost 200 of them

Syrians in al-Raqqa, a stronghold for fighters linked to al-Qaeda, are holding protests against their new rulers. They are accusing the fighters of abuses and unjustified detentions. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, one

Egyptian authorities have postponed a move to disperse two Cairo sit-ins by supporters of the country's deposed president Mohamed Morsi, to "avoid bloodshed,'' security sources said, as Morsi's detention was extended by 15 days. Al