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Afghanistan has launched a new literacy program that enables Afghan women deprived of a basic education during decades of war…

"Omnishambles" was named Britain's word of the year Tuesday after being coined by BBC political comedy television series "The Thick…

Palestinians on Tuesday began work to open the grave of the late Yasser Arafat ahead of an exhumation of his…

West African leaders at an emergency summit on Sunday agreed on a 3,300-strong force to wrest control of northern Mali…

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has made an offer to invest in Telecom Italia, which has been hit hard by the…

Egyptian police said on Sunday they had broken up a child trafficking ring that sold almost 300 babies for 570…

A Bahraini court on Sunday sentenced 19 Shia to five years each in jail for the attempted murder of policemen…

Iraqi authorities executed 10 men on Sunday, a spokesperson said, bringing to 129 the number of people put to death…

Kuwait has released two members of the al-Sabah ruling family after holding them for two days allegedly over tweets deemed…

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due in Egypt on 17 November for talks on boosting ties between the…