Messi named best player at Global Soccer Awards in Dubai
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi received the ‘Best Player of the Year’ award during the Globe Soccer Awards Ceremony at the Dubai International Sports Conference, in...
Double suicide blast in Cameroon kills at least three
Suspected Boko Haram militants detonated two suicide bombs in north Cameroon overnight, killing at least three people, an official and security sources said on...
Former Egyptian premier Shafiq says intends to run in 2018 election
Former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, an ex-air force pilot and former presidential candidate, said on Wednesday he intended to run in the presidential...
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah warns budget down 60 percent on low oil prices
Kuwait's ruler warned Tuesday his nation's revenue is down some 60 percent due to low global oil prices, urging citizens of this tiny country...
UN top court to hear Qatar, UAE rights dispute
The UN's highest court will hold public hearings this month in an urgent case between United Arab Emirates and Qatar, which accuses its Gulf...
Israel court releases 4 in Netanyahu aides’ corruption case
An Israeli court has released four of the seven suspects held in a high-profile corruption case involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's confidants after a...
Putin tells details of Syria ceasefire plan to Saudi King Salman
Russian President Vladimir Putin held on Wednesday a telephone conversation with Saudi Arabia's King Salman to present in detail the proposals contained in a...
Turkey and Israel hold new reconciliation talks
Turkey and Israel held a fresh round of talks Thursday in an effort to normalise ties after relations were partially frozen five years ago,...
Turkey fines Twitter over 'pro-terror' content
Turkey's communications regulator has imposed an unprecedented fine on Twitter for allowing the publication of content deemed to justify terror, the state-run Anatolia news...
Egypt explorers hunt gold in the desert
Off the off-road tracks deep in Egypt's eastern desert, prospectors are ramping up the hunt for the treasure once revered by the Pharaohs as...
