CAIRO: Faced with scenes of blood flowing in rubbish-strewn roads and of streets littered with animal entrails, authorities in the Egyptian capital say they aim to crack down on the outdoor slaughter that marks

BEIRUT: The Lebanese war ended 28 years ago, yet its heinous stories seem to be unfinished, especially those of kidnapped and missing people. There are thought to be around 17,000 kidnapped and missing people,

Boko Haram fighters have killed more than a dozen people in an attack on a village in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, witnesses say. Abatcha Umar, a survivor, told Reuters news agency that at least

Venezuela's neighbours are cracking down on the number of migrants crossing their borders. It follows a rise in hostility towards Venezuelans trying to escape the country's prolonged economic crisis. Now, Brazil is sending troops

On Monday, Greece will emerge from eight years of financial dependence on its eurozone partners. The country will now have to borrow exclusively from markets. The government has balanced its budget and raised tax

The Italian engineer who designed the Genoa bridge that collapsed and killed dozens on Tuesday, had warned four decades ago that it would require constant maintenance. Emergency workers are now struggling to secure what

Several gunshots were fired from a vehicle at the United States embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday, hitting a window in a security cabin but causing no casualties, police reported. The attack

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says "we're ready to question everything" about the social networking site that has been overrun by spam, abuse and misinformation. Dorsey says he and his team are working extensively behind

Amazon has already tried to reinvent brick-and-mortar grocery stores and book sellers. Is the movie theater next? The company is "in the running" to buy Landmark Theaters, according to Bloomberg. Landmark is a private

Netflix is setting the record straight: It's not adding commercials. It is testing out video promotions between episodes and movies. They can be skipped. The popular streaming service quietly started testing the videos this