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• Thursday, 26 January 2012
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  Revolt anniversary in Egypt

  EGYPTIANS poured into Tahrir Square yesterday to mark a year since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, with the ruling military planning grandiose celebrations and activists vowing to reignite their unfinished revolution.Thousands of liberals,...

• Thursday, 12 January 2012
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  Iran nuke scientist killed in blast, Tehran accuses Israel

  AN IRANIAN nuclear scientist was killed by a car bomb yesterday that Tehran immediately blamed on Israel and Washington, worsening a tense international stand-off over its atomic programme.Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi told state television...

• Wednesday, 7 December 2011
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  59 dead in Afghan shrine blasts

  TWIN blasts at Afghan shrines on the Shiite holy day of Ashura left at least 59 people dead yesterday, with most killed in a massive suicide attack in Kabul which ripped through a crowd of worshippers.The attack in the capital, which killed 55 and...

• Friday, 11 November 2011
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  Fresh Turkey quake kills 8 persons

  HUNDREDS of rescuers hunted for survivors yesterday after an earthquake in eastern Turkey killed eight people, toppled buildings and sowed panic less than three weeks after a massive deadly quake in the same area.More than 800 rescue personnel...

• Tuesday, 8 November 2011
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  Putin slams 'arrogant world powers'

  RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lashed out yesterday at "arrogant world powers" as he hosted his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao for a regional security summit Moscow bills as a counterpart to Nato.Russia's likely new head of...

• Monday, 7 November 2011
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  Muslims mark Aidil Adha in the shadow of unrest

  THE world's Muslims yesterday marked the Aidil Adha feast which caps the Haj pilgrimage to Mekah overshadowed by the Arab Spring and deadly attacks in Africa and Central Asia.This year the feast coincides with the turmoil of the democracy...

• Sunday, 6 November 2011
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  Over two million perform Haj

  MORE than two million Muslims gathered yesterday on Mount Arafat and its surrounding plain, marking the peak day of Haj, the world's largest annual pilgrimage.Dressed in white garments, the pilgrims filled the Namera Mosque in Arafat and the...

• Sunday, 30 October 2011
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  Israel kills five Gaza fighters

  FIVE Islamic Jihad fighters were killed and three critically wounded in an Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip yesterday, a Palestinian official said.The group immediately vowed revenge, and a spokesman for the military wing of Gaza's ruling...

• Monday, 24 October 2011
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  1,000 feared dead in Turkey quake

  AN EARTHQUAKE of 7.3 magnitude rocked eastern Turkey yesterday, with a seimological institute saying up to 1,000 people could lie dead under the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings.Turkey's strongest earthquake in years struck Van, a large...

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  Libya declared 'liberated'

  THE National Transitional Council yesterday announced Libya "liberated" at a huge rally in the city of Benghazi, birthplace of the anti-Muammar Gaddafi uprising which erupted eight months ago."Declaration of Liberation. Raise your...

• Sunday, 23 October 2011
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  Turkey targets Kurdish rebels with airstrikes

  TURKISH forces yesterday pounded Kurdish rebel positions on the third day of a major offensive as officials said they had killed 49 insurgents in the mainly Kurdish southeast."A total of 49 terrorists were rendered ineffective over the last two...

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  No security issue with US pullout: Iraqi PM

  THE US military's "historic" withdrawal will not affect Iraq's security and any future American military training will be incorporated into arms deals, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said yesterday.At a news conference in Baghdad...

• Friday, 21 October 2011
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  Gaddafi captured, killed

  MUAMMAR Gaddafi is dead, Libya's new leaders said, killed by fighters who overran his hometown and final bastion yesterday. His bloodied body was stripped and displayed around the world from cellphone video.Senior officials in the interim...

• Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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  Seven shot dead in Sanaa protests

  AT least seven protesters were killed and dozens wounded yesterday as gunmen loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire on demonstrators in the Yemeni capital, medics and the opposition said.It was the third time in four days that...

• Saturday, 15 October 2011
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  NTC forces pound Gaddafi loyalists

  FORCES from Libya's new regime launched an intensive assault on two areas of fallen strongman Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte yesterday, bombarding his diehards with artillery, mortars and rockets.Their latest offensive, aimed at mopping...

• Thursday, 13 October 2011
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  Baghdad suicide car bombs kill 23

  ATTACKS mainly targeting security in Baghdad, including two suicide car bombs minutes apart against police stations, killed 23 people yesterday, the Iraqi capital's deadliest day in more than a month.The violence, in which more than 70 people...

• Sunday, 9 October 2011
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  Climate talks progress despite tiff

  CLIMATE negotiators said last Friday they made progress on laying out ways to help poor countries but deep differences remained on core issues ahead of a make-or-break talks in South Africa.With scientists warning that the planet is far behind on...

• Saturday, 1 October 2011
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  CIA drone kills US-born al-Qaeda cleric in Yemen

  ANWAR al-Awlaki, a US-born cleric linked to al-Qaeda, was killed in a CIA drone strike in Yemen yesterday, US officials said, removing a "global terrorist" high on a US wanted list.Awlaki's killing deprives the Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian...

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  Foreign maids win HK residency case

  A HONG KONG court ruled yesterday that a law banning foreign maids from permanent residency is unconstitutional in a landmark case that could pave the way for a flood of applications.The legal action brought by Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a domestic...

• Wednesday, 28 September 2011
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  Gaddafi loyalists 'ask for truce' in besieged city

  AN ELDER from Muammar Gaddafi's tribe inside the besieged city of Sirte has asked government forces for a truce, a local commander said yesterday, but there was no let-up in fighting in one of its districts.Gaddafi's hometown and one of the...