Egypt to try ex-Mubarak aide for graft
2011-08-18 18:18:27
The head of Egypt's anti-graft authority, Assem el-Gohari, has ordered a top aide of ousted President Hosni Mubarak to be tried on charges of corruption and illegal profiteering, local newspapers reported on Thursday.
Syria's Assad says stops police operations
2011-08-18 13:08:37
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that military and police operations against pro-democracy protesters had stopped, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
UN chief calls for stopping police operations in Syria
2011-08-18 13:05:50
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday called for an immediate cease of all military operations and mass arrests in Syria during a phone conversation with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Obama calls on Syria's Assad to step down
2011-08-18 22:54:56
President Barack Obama on Thursday for the first time called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down
Five dead in attacks in south Israel
2011-08-18 19:48:04
Gunmen killed six people in attacks on vehicles in southern Israel on Thursday and a senior Israeli official said they had infiltrated from the Gaza Strip through Egypt's Sinai desert.
Yemen govt spokesman survives assassination attempt
2011-08-18 16:54:23
A senior Yemeni official survived an assassination attempt when a bomb went off targeting his car in the capital on Thursday, the ruling party's news website reported.
Egyptian soldiers killed in Israeli raid
2011-08-19 09:55:34
Two Egyptian soldiers were killed Thursday in an Israeli attack on borders between Egypt and Gaza, state media reported.
UN to draft sanctions resolution
2011-08-19 09:54:30
Britain, France, Germany and Portugal -- said here Thursday that they would begin working on a Security Council sanctions resolution on Syria.
Two killed in terrorist attack in Algeria
2011-08-18 09:47:08
A driver of a local police chief and a road transport operator in Algeria's northern province of Tizi Ouzou were killed in an ambush.
China sends emergency aid to Libya
2011-08-18 07:23:47
The first batch of emergency humanitarian relief materials, sent by the Red Cross Society of China to war-torn Libya, departed from the Tianjin airport early Thursday morning.
China input needed to rebuild Libya
2011-08-17 13:22:30
The Libyan opposition welcomes Chinese enterprises back to Libya and looks forward to China's participation in rebuilding the country.
Obama to unveil economic plan in Sept speech
2011-08-18 09:50:30
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he will propose a plan in September to jump-start the US economy as he struggles to convince skeptical voters that he has something new to offer.