27 killed, over 350 wounded in Lebanon blasts: minister

A photo journalist in her early 20s was gang-raped in the Indian city of Mumbai, police said on Friday, evoking comparisons to a similar assault in New Delhi in December that led to nationwide

The regime in war-torn Syria came under intense pressure yesterday to allow UN inspectors to probe an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus which the opposition says killed more than 1,300 people. Footage distributed

Attacks in Iraq killed four people, damaged an oil pipeline and hit a Shiite shrine on Wednesday, as the country grapples with a months-long spike in violence. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has vowed to press

Al-Arabiya: An Egyptian court voiced its support for freeing former president Hosni Mubarak.

Saudi authorities executed a Yemeni in Mecca Wednesday after he was convicted of murdering a fellow countryman, the interior ministry said. Hosni Tawhal had been accused of stabbing Saghr Sulaia to death, the ministry said,

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday urged world support for the bid by Egypt's interim government to achieve "stability" in the country, and not to hamper its efforts. "We expect the international community to support the efforts

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador Jaime Miranda with Charge d’affaires of Qatar, Hamad Dhaen Al Kuwari, in San Salvador, yesterday. They discussed bilateral relations. Source: Agencies

Syrian activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of launching a nerve gas attack on rebel-held districts near Damascus on Wednesday that they said killed more than 200 people. Activists said rockets with chemical agents hit

Defending champion Petra Kvitova recovered from a set and a break down to beat Annika Beck 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the New Haven Open on Tuesday. The third-seeded Kvitova dropped the