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A Qatari court has sentenced a Muslim barber from an unknown Asian country to 40 lashes over consuming alcohol in the Gulf state, a local daily reported on Monday.
The man was arrested following a complaint by another who accused him of harassing...
Human Rights Watch called Monday on both the Syrian regime and rebel forces to end "indiscriminate cross-border attacks" on areas in Lebanon, warning they violate international law.
Fire from the conflict in neighbouring Syria has...
Kuwait's appeals court on Monday granted opposition leader Musallem al-Barrak bail as it began examining his five-year jail term for insulting the emir, a lawyer said.
Former MP Barrak appeared in court, although he had refused to turn himself...
The International Monetary Fund and Egypt hope to conclude talks for a loan deal “in the coming weeks,” they said in a joint statement Sunday.
The statement came after IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde met an Egyptian delegation in...
Colorado Party millionaire and political neophyte Horacio Cartes won Paraguay’s presidential race, officials said, paving the way for his nation to rejoin the Mercosur trade bloc.
Cartes, a conservative tobacco baron, took 46 percent of the...
Syria's National Coalition head Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib has refiled his resignation and an interim leader is being sought, a fellow member and a source close to the main opposition group said Sunday.
Khatib insists on resigning, almost a month...
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he had asked Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to delay a visit to the Gaza Strip planned for next month, as he pushes for improved Israeli-Turkish ties.
"We have expressed to the prime...
The International Monetary Fund will remain engaged in loan negotiations with Egypt but wants the international community to provide financing too, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Saturday.
"It's a task and we will not give up, we will...
President Mohamed Morsy is set to announce a Cabinet reshuffle, a presidential aide said Saturday, but it is unlikely to meet opposition demands for a complete overhaul of the government.
Morsy wrote on his Twitter account that he would make...
President Bashar al-Assad warned Western states on Wednesday that they will pay a heavy price at home for their alleged support of Islamists in the Syrian conflict and said defeat of his regime was not an option.
Assad, whose regime has been...
