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Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya leaving unanswered

in International - Mon May 21, 2012

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday aged 60, leaving many que

Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya leaving unanswered

in International - Mon May 21, 2012

(Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday aged 60, leaving many questions o

Sindh govt given 90 days to hold LG polls

in National - Sat May 19, 2012

KARACHI, May 18: The Sindh High Court on Friday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to announce a schedule for local government polls in Sindh and ordered the pr

Obama puts weight behind Europe growth push

in International - Sat May 19, 2012

US President Barack Obama threw his weight behind French calls more pro-growth policies in Europe on Friday, as he welcomed G8 leaders to Camp David for a summit darkened

UN Chief Blames al-Qaida for Syria Attack

in International - Fri May 18, 2012

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he believes al-Qaida is behind twin bombings in Damascus, last week, that killed 55 people.

He said Thursday the terror

Gulf integration

in International - Thu May 17, 2012

THOUGH Saudi Arabia has pushed for a Gulf Cooperation Council "union" at a recent summit in Riyadh, it is difficult to foresee such a development in the near future. The

How to Write About Israel

in International - Thu May 17, 2012

At a time when international desks are being cut to the bone, this is the one bone that the newshounds won\'t give up. Wars can be covered from thousands of miles away, g

UN convoy attacked in Syria

in International - Wed May 16, 2012

A convoy of UN truce observers came under bomb attack in a Syrian town on Tuesday during a funeral procession in which a monitoring group said regime forces "massacred&

What Alex Miller taught me about the Nakba

in International - Wed May 16, 2012

It is customary for our people to honor fast days, memorial days and festivals by studying commentaries on their origins, the symbols and rituals of their observance, and

Saudi and Bahrain expected to seek union minister

in International - Mon May 14, 2012

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are expected to announce closer political union at a meeting of Gulf Arab leaders on Monday, a Bahraini minister said, a move dismiss

Al Qaeda-style tactics add wild card element to conflict i

in International - Sat May 12, 2012

Damascus  The latest suicide bombings in the Syrian capital showed an increasing ruthlessness: The attackers struck during rush hour, setting off one blast to draw a cr

Egyptians abroad vote in presidential elections

in International - Sat May 12, 2012

Cairo: Egyptian expatriates headed to the polls on Friday, casting the first votes to name a successor to ousted leader Hosni Mubarak in what are hoped to be the first ge

Egyptian candidates face unprecedented scrutiny

in International - Sat May 12, 2012

CAIRO, Egypt  Egyptians are for the first time getting a taste of how it is to choose a president  with groundbreaking presidential debates, face-to-face encoun

UN condemns Syria bomb attacks after 55 killed

in International - Fri May 11, 2012

The UN Security Council on Thursday condemned the deadliest bomb attacks of Syria"s 14-month uprising, urging all sides to stick to an international peace plan after at l

Egyptians abroad vote in presidential elections

in International - Fri May 11, 2012

CAIRO: Egyptian expatriates in 166 countries are heading to the polls for elections to replace ousted leader Hosni Mubarak that are hoped to be the first genuinely contested

Syrian crisis deepens fears of civil war

in International - Wed May 09, 2012

Beirut: At least 10 people were killed by security forces in clashes across Syria on Tuesday, activists said as per a news agency. The violence came as UN mediator Kofi A

Airline plotter a double agent U S officials say

in International - Wed May 09, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The suicide bomber dispatched by the Yemen branch of al-Qaida last month to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner was actually an intelligence agent for Saudi Arabi

China expulsion of Al Jazeera reporter criticized

in International - Wed May 09, 2012

BEIJING –  China\'s expulsion of an American reporter working for the pan-Arab news network Al-Jazeera has drawn criticism from other journalists and the United States,

News report Would be bomber was a double-agent

in International - Wed May 09, 2012

Washington (CNN) -- A man who volunteered as a suicide bomber for a terrorist group intent on blowing up a U.S.-bound plane was working instead as an intelligence agent f

Civil war looming in Syria United Nations leader Ban Ki mo

in International - Tue May 08, 2012

INTERNATIONAL powers are "in a race against time" to prevent all-out civil war in Syria, where the government could use the presence of ceasefire observers to p

Polls open in Syria amid heavy security, scattered violenc

in International - Mon May 07, 2012

 The opposition urged Syrians to boycott Monday\'s parliamentary elections, saying a vote for one of the more than 7,000 candidates vying for 250 seats in parliament am

Egypt violence

in International - Mon May 07, 2012

THE post-Hosni Mubarak period has been messy for Egypt as the Arab country attempts to carve out a new, democratic destiny for itself after decades of dictatorship posing as

Aleppo Clash Poses Risk of Widening Syrian Revolt

in International - Sat May 05, 2012

Syria"s government risked stoking a new source of rebellion on Friday when its forces fired on a mass demonstration in Aleppo, the country"s largest city, where activist

Calm returns to Cairo after day of deadly clashes

in International - Sat May 05, 2012

CAIRO Calm returned to Cairo on Saturday after Egypt\'s military rulers imposed an overnight curfew around the defence ministry following fierce clashes between troops a

Bin Laden worried about legacy and sought to kill Obama

in International - Fri May 04, 2012

May 04--WASHINGTON -- In his final months padding around the dark third-floor room in his cinder-block Pakistan hide-out, the world\'s most notorious terrorist mastermind sp