Yasser Arafat’s body exhumed in Ramallah

14 years ago

Remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have been exhumed in Ramallah, in the West Bank, to help determine the cause…

Egyptian minister says end of crisis ‘imminent’

14 years ago

Egypt's justice minister said Monday that a resolution was "imminent" to the political crisis over President Mohammed Morsi's decision to…

Egypt’s Morsi to meet judges over new powers

14 years ago

Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian president, will meet senior judges on Monday to try to ease a crisis over his new powers…

Fire hits second Bangladesh garment factory

14 years ago

A fire has broken out in a 12-storey building housing four different garment factories in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, police…

‘Hussein revolted for justice, uprooting tyranny’

14 years ago

Khateeb of Ahl-us-Sunnah in Zahedan, Iran, Shaikh Abdol-Hameed Ismaeelzahi alluded to the uprising of Hussein bin Ali insisting “elimination of…

More than 40,000 killed since start of Syria conflict: monitor

14 years ago

More than 40,000 people have been killed in 20 months of conflict between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and those…

‘Long-range rockets change balance of power with Israel’

14 years ago

Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, Hamas politburo member, Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahar, stressed that the “rockets of the resistance” striking Tel…

Mursi’s opponents begin a sit-in in Cairo’s Tahrir Square

14 years ago

Egypt’s ruling Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) denied on Friday that President Mursi would retract a recent constitutional declaration granting…

43 children killed and 432 wounded during aggression on Gaza

14 years ago

43 children were killed while 432 others were injured during the 8-day Israeli occupation aggression on the Gaza Strip according…

Pakistan halts phone service over terror fear

14 years ago

Pakistan has suspended mobile phone services in major cities, a move officials say is necessary to prevent terror attacks from…