Kuwait seizes Iraq airline assets in Jordan
2011-05-28 22:08:02
Kuwait has seized assets of Iraq's national airline in Jordan, Iraqi officials said on Saturday, the latest step in a row between the neighbouring states over war reparations.
Mubarak, former officials fined $90m by court
2011-05-28 20:13:52
An Egyptian court on Saturday fined ousted President Hosni Mubarak and two former officials 540 million Egyptian pounds ($90.64 million) for cutting off mobile and internet services during January protests, a court source said.
NATO strikes 1 of Gadhafi's homes in Tripoli
2011-05-28 20:03:41
NATO says it has struck a command and control center where Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi sometimes lives but he was not a target and there is no way to know if he was there.
India denounces US military aid to Pakistan
2011-05-28 19:21:55
India has again denounced US military aid to Pakistan which it says is being used by Islamabad against Indian interests, local media reported on Saturday.
Bomb kills 2 British marines in Afghanistan
2011-05-28 18:55:45
Two British marines have been killed in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan.
Afghan official: NATO airstrike kills 14
2011-05-29 17:09:26
A NATO airstrike targeting insurgents inadvertently hit two civilian homes in the volatile southwestern Helmand province, killing 14 women and children
Ousted Zelaya returns from exile
2011-05-29 11:38:19
After mediations of regional countries, former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a June 2009 coup, ended his exile and returned to homeland Saturday.
After 4 years, Egypt reopens its border with Gaza
2011-05-29 10:42:22
Egypt lifted a 4-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, greatly easing travel restrictions on the 1.5 million residents of the Palestinian territory.
Afghan official: NATO airstrike kills 14
2011-05-29 17:09:26
A NATO airstrike targeting insurgents inadvertently hit two civilian homes in the volatile southwestern Helmand province, killing 14 women and children
Ousted Zelaya returns from exile
2011-05-29 11:38:19
After mediations of regional countries, former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a June 2009 coup, ended his exile and returned to homeland Saturday.
After 4 years, Egypt reopens its border with Gaza
2011-05-29 10:42:22
Egypt lifted a 4-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, greatly easing travel restrictions on the 1.5 million residents of the Palestinian territory.
Roadside bomb kills 8 US troops in Afghanistan
2011-05-27 08:58:16
Eight US troops were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the deadliest single attack on foreign forces in a month, the US military said.