Middle East

Armed US Predator drones are to carry out missions over Libya, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has...

LOS ANGELES: British photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed Wednesday by mortar fire in...

Syrian forces fired shots at hundreds of protesters who had gathered overnight in Homs city in...

RIYADH: Gulf Arab states on Sunday called on the international community and UN Security Council to...

Libya: Holding out under a rain of shelling and sniper fire, Libyan rebels fought Muammar Qaddafi’s...

Libya shows such weapons should not be allowed to fall into the hands of despots.Reports that...

JEDDAH: Prince Khaled bin Sultan, assistant minister of defense and aviation, has emphasized the importance of...

RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah opened the grand National Heritage and Culture...

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in intensive care after suffering a heart attack, say state...

TRIPOLI: Muammar Qaddafi has accepted a roadmap for ending the civil war in Libya, South African...

RIYADH: Foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) unanimously pledged all support to Yemen...

CAIRO: In the first remarks since his dramatic ouster, former President Hosni Mubarak denied that he...

A Libyan opposition commander says a deadly airstrike on rebel tank positions may be a case...

WASHINGTON: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appealed directly to President Barack Obama on Wednesday to end what...

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Amir on Tuesday asked the outgoing prime minister to form a new government...