A file photo dated shows Lebanese protesters carrying a replica rocket and poster of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a demonstration organized by the Palestinian and Lebanese parties BRUSSELS: The European Union agreed yesterday

U.S. authorities plan to hold long-delayed hearings for dozens of detainees held at Guantanamo to decide if they still pose a threat to the United States, the Pentagon said Monday. President Barack Obama had ordered

A girl and a policeman died in an attack in northern Nigeria Monday which the army blamed on the Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram. The attack at the home of a Muslim cleric in Darazo,

A Syrian rebel group which has proclaimed loyalty to Al-Qaeda posted an audio recording attributed to its leader on Monday in which he promised a fight back. In the recording, Al-Nusra Front leader Abu

UN peace envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said Monday he was pressing on with plans for a conference aimed at ending the fighting, though no firm date is in sight. "It is extremely difficult

Shiite Iran has denounced the European Union for its decision to blacklist Hezbollah's armed wing as a terror group, accusing it of acting in Israel's interests, Iranian media reported Tuesday. Iran and Hezbollah are

As part of its support for the Ministry of Interior’s national road safety campaign “One Second”, Qatargas has launched a special TV commercial (TVC) aimed at promoting safe driving behaviour. The one-minute TV commercial titled

Dutch authorities have arrested a 19-year-old woman suspected of recruiting jihadists to fight alongside radical Muslim rebels in Syria, a prosecution spokeswoman said on Monday. "The woman was arrested and has been remanded for two

Gunmen opened fire Monday on a taxi in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta, gripped by a wave of sectarian bloodshed, killing two people from the minority Shiite community, police said. The attack came

Kuwait's appeals court on Monday overturned a three-year jail term on three former opposition MPs and acquitted them from the charge of insulting the emir, a rights activist said. In February, the lower court handed