CAIRO: Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah reached a “comprehensive” agreement Thursday for the return of their unity government in Gaza after two days of talks in Cairo, negotiators from both sides said. The Palestinian rivals had set up a … read more
NEW YORK: Osama bin Laden´s son-in-law and former Al-Qaeda spokesman was jailed for life on Tuesday after a US judge warned he remained a deadly threat to American citizens. Kuwaiti national Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, 48, was handed the sentence after … read more
BEIRUT: Syrian government air strikes killed at least 42 people, including 16 children, in Idlib province in the northwest, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday. The air raids on Sunday afternoon and evening killed 19 people, including … read more
ANKARA: More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have fled across the border into Turkey, escaping an advance by Islamic State terrorists, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday. “The number of Syrians has passed 130,000,” he told reporters in … read more
INCHEON, South Korea: Pakistan athletes were yet to opening their account in the17th Asian Games as it entered the fourth day on Monday: (tabulated under country, gold, silver, bronze, total) China 26, 14, 18, 58 South Korea 14, 15, 16, … read more