Muslims across India gathered in huge numbers at various mosques to offer the 'Alvida Namaz' on the occasion of the last 'Jumma' of the fasting month of Ramadan on...

The sale of vermicelli, or 'seviyan' as it is popularly called in India has shot up during the fasting month of...

The US brokered Middle East peace talks here have not only led to promises of a second round of negotiations Sep 14-15, but also opened the possibility of a third round later this month, according to media...

More than 6,000 children took part in a month-long workshop on astronomy that was organised in Abu Dhabi to encourage youngsters to learn...

In front of the Saudi Embassy in Colombo hundreds accuse their governments of failing to defend migrant rights. Protests triggered by the brutal story of a domestic worker tortured by her employers...

The right words build confidence, but positions do not budge. Ahmadinejad expects failure, whilst extremists prepare coordinated attacks against Israel. For Arabs, peace between Israelis and...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO -- Egypt has canceled a visit by Iran's foreign minister to protest comments in which he accused Arab leaders of betrayal for attending the new round of Mideast peace...

Israeli and Palestinian leaders have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be difficult negotiations, vowing to try to settle core differences within a year and meet every two...

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki had accused Arab leaders of 'betraying their nations' for attending relaunch of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in...

Amman - Arab stock markets rebounded this week, drawing momentum from gains scored by Wall Street and other global markets and oil prices which recovered in response to easing world recovery...

HIGH EXPECTATIONS: Shell expects an 11 percent production increase in 2009 to 2012 with a forecast of 3.5 million barrels of oil equivalent a day in 2012. (Getty...

Amre Moussa said Palestinian divisions are “not an obstacle” for the success of peace talks with Israel, speaking in an interview in Cernobbio, Italy today. “There are divisions on both...

Cairo - The Arab press on Friday downplayed expectations from the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, with newspapers showing little hope that a deal will be reached.Among the...

Iran's foreign minister to protest comments in which he accused Arab leaders of betrayal for attending the new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki...

Doha Sep 03 (BNA) Qatar Premier and Foreign Minister Shaikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani today received a phone call from the U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell,...

Pre-paid mobile phone users in Bahrain who failed to register their details by last month’s deadline will be given a final chance to come forward before their SIM cards are permanently...

Stamp collectors from around the world will be flocking to Sharjah later on this month, as the emirate prepares to show some of the Middle East’s most prestigious...

The project, a mixed-use city north of Doha, was originally expected to be completed in 2015, but a company spokesman declined to give a new completion date.JP Grobbelaar, director of research and...

peace negotiations in Washington are separated by much more than the gulf between their substantive positions. Staggering asymmetries between the two sides could seriously imperil the talks.Israeli...

Excerpts: Hamas murders purpose is undermine Palestinian Authority. Islamists in Jordan oppose peace talks, Mubarak seeks US support. British, German support ME peace talks. Egypts spy chief as...

(RTTNews) - A high-profile Middle East direct peace talks that were revived after nearly two years in Washington on Thursday decided to hold regular follow-up meetings every two weeks.A trilateral...

CAIRO, Sep 3, 2010 (IPS) - As Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood gears up to contest November parliamentary elections, some analysts note the relatively few gains made by the Brotherhood- led opposition...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that Middle East Peace Talks are "doomed".It comes after the first face-to-face talks between the leaders of Israel and Palestine in two years.President...

CAIRO — The bearded young cleric yells at a young woman for lifting her traditional veil from her face while speaking to him on the street, and rants against Egyptians who adopt Western...

PLO officially recognised each other in the Oslo Accords, Middle East peace summits have come and gone, but the same obstacles stand in the way of a final agreement. In the 1993 agreement, Article V...

CAIRO (AP) - The bearded young cleric yells at a young woman for lifting her traditional veil from her face while speaking to him on the street, and rants against Egyptians who adopt Western...

The coach of Jordan's national basketball team said that both Jordan and Germany played without spirit in their last game in Group A of Basketball...

Israeli and Palestinian leaders said they would keep talking and produce a framework for a permanent peace deal following their first session in two years.Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

The first direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders for nearly two years have been taking place in Washington. The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said Benjamin Netanyahu and...

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- At the launch of renewed peace talks, Arab leaders called on Israel to sustain a settlement freeze and to negotiate final status issues."We call on the Israelis to carry out...

PARIS, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicoals Sarkozy held phone talks with his American counterpart Barack Obama to discuss the recent developments of the relaunch of Israeli- Palestinian...

Tibor Pleiss scored 23 points to give Germany a 91-73 win over Jordan in a match between two eliminated teams at the basketball world championship.Lucca Staiger had 16 points and Jan Jagla 14 for...

Essa Sharif bows his head in prayer just before joining the students in a meal during the Muslim Student Association's 10th Annual Ramadan Fast-a-thon at the UT University Center on...

Shrink WASHINGTON - In a promising sign, Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged to keep meeting at regular intervals, aiming to nail down a framework for overcoming deep disputes and achieving...

Jordanian and US archaeologists have discovered what they say is a 3000-year-old Iron Age temple dating from the country's biblical Moabite kingdom, the antiquities department said on Thursday.A...

Israeli and Palestinian leaders last night agreed to produce a framework for a permanent peace deal and to hold a second round of direct talks this...

Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington and agree on fortnightly talks to work toward a peace deal even as the issue of settlement construction in the West Bank threatens to derail the...

Mahmoud Abbas and herself – had been there before in one role or another."Those of you here today, especially the veterans who are here today, you have returned because you have seen the cost of...

meeting with President Obama at the White House , Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sit down for the first of a series of meetings aimed at creating...