The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 10:23
Six Shiite rebels and two soldiers were killed near Sanaa on Thursday as Huthis continue to push south towards the Yemeni capital, tribal and security sources said.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 12:15
President Michel Sleiman reiterated Wednesday during a visit to south Lebanon his support for a national defense strategy that allows the Lebanese Army to benefit from Hezbollah’s arms.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 12:14
Algerian police prevented opposition leaders from marching on Wednesday to demand a boycott of next month's election, in which President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seeking a fourth term in power.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 12:12
Egypt's military said Wednesday it has destroyed 1,370 smuggling tunnels under its border with the Gaza Strip, as Cairo's ties remain sour with the Hamas movement that rules the Palestinian enclave.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:45
A suicide bombing at a crowded checkpoint south of the Iraqi capital killed 50 people and wounded more than 150, police and a doctor said Monday, raising the toll from the day before.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:41
But while providing food to some 71,500 people who had not received assistance in months, widespread insecurity had prevented deliveries to another 500,000 people in desperate need, the WFP said in a report.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:38
Iran's foreign ministry spokeswoman says President Hassan Rouhani will travel to neighboring Oman, the first official visit to an Arab country by the president since he took office in 2013.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:37
The shooting had sparked the fury of both Jordan and the Palestinians, with protesters in Amman demanding the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and the abrogation of the two countries' 1994 peace treaty.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:36
Egyptian authorities decided Tuesday to take control of independent mosques, state news agency MENA reported, in a move aimed at curbing Islamist dissent.
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 06:54
The 40 members, who withdrew from the 120-member coalition before Syrian peace talks began in Geneva in January, said they had returned to confront what they saw as their unfair exclusion from the decision making process.