Jerusalem's municipality has approved 942 new illegal settlement units in the Occupied East Jerusalem, a local official said, on the eve of the scheduled resumption of talks with the Palestinians. The units are in addition

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has ordered dispatch of urgent relief to Sudan, on board of two cargo planes, an official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Banks slashed 5,500 branches across the European Union last year, 2.5% of the total, leaving the region with 20,000 fewer outlets than it had when the financial industry was plunged into crisis in 2008. Last

The Qatar Hockey Federation (QHF) is planning an international league featuring the world’s top club teams next year, a senior official said yesterday. QHF secretary general Mohamed Abdul Nazer said the Arabian Dream League would

The British government is considering taking legal action against Spain over stringent border checks imposed at the border with Gibraltar, a spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday. The spokesman said the checks by

Two men in Qatar have been handed death sentences and two others five years in jail for the murder of a security guard at an automobile showroom, Al Sharq reports. According to the newspaper, the

A number of people were injured yesterday when a Karwa bus accelerated into a seating area full of waiting passengers at the main station in Al Ghanim, eyewitnesses have said. According to the Peninsula, at

The United States evacuated dozens of its personnel from the Yemeni capital, after both the US and United Kingdom told their citizens to leave due to the threat of "terrorist attacks." The US citizens were

Law-enforcement officials say their clampdown on illegal private taxis has borne encouraging results as more than 300 operators of the shady service and their cars have fallen in their dragnet in recent months.

Around 40 flights were cancelled as operations at the international airport at Kochi, Kerala, in south India, were suspended till this evening after water entered the parking bay and taxi way due to torrential