More heavy rain in Pakistan is frustrating efforts to help millions affected by devastating flooding in much of the country.
An explosion, said to have been caused by a power generator, kills 14 people and injures 35 in the Iraqi city of Basra.
Outage over fuel payment dispute could last days; Hamas blames Palestinian Authority, which calls for more diligent collections by energy agency.
At least 65 people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rain in north-west China, say reports on state-run media.
The world's first genuinely green energy deal is about to be sealed. In a plan which could be a blueprint for saving large tracts of the planet from exploitation, a greater value is being put on a pristine wilderness than on the oil that lies beneath.
Dr Adnan Abbas, the man in charge of the Abu Dhabi morgue, has made it his mission to ensure unclaimed bodies are buried in weeks rather than years.
An agreement to prevent a ban on the Blackberry smartphone in Saudi Arabia is close to completion, Saudi officials say.
Whatever David Cameron may say, looking both ways is by no means peculiar to Pakistan. For while Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has looked the other way as his country drowns in the worst floods in living memory, the world has looked to him for decisive leadership. Yet, it has chosen to ignore that the real wielder of power – General Ashfaq Kayani – may be quietly tightening his grip and burnishing the credentials of his ever-ambitious army.
After 1,200 years, cryptography has come home to the Arab world. In the 9th century, it was the Iraqi intellectual Abu Yusuf al Kindi, who pioneered the study of hiding – and finding – secret messages within text.
A Turkish court annulls arrest warrants against 102 military officers charged over an alleged coup plot in 2003.
Violations of the 1995 oil-for-food programme imposed on Iraq are still emerging. As the West tightens sanctions on Iran, the kickbacks and bribes deployed by companies to breach restrictions in Iraq must serve as a warning of what may lie in store.
Wheat prices high, producers’ stock falls and fears of food inflation provoke response from world markets after exports are called off.
"I've already been here for 960 days, and today is the 961st," said the weather-beaten Tatar man, squinting beneath the powerful Crimean sun.
Kyrgyz forces arrested an opposition party leader on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the interim government on Thursday after troops fired blank rounds into a crowd trying to join mass demonstrations near the parliament.
Saudi Arabia accounts for $48.5bn of outstanding consumer debt in region.
CNN's Zakaria against ADL's opposition to Ground Zero mosque.
Around 200 Germans have arrived in the Ukrainian capital to take part in actions aimed at apologising for the Nazis’ crimes in the World War II.
Russia accused the United States on Saturday of breaching its obligations over the non proliferation of weapons, a sign of strained relations between the two powers.
The richness and diversity of the Muslim experience in America belies the radical stereotypes in popular culture and political parlance
Namibia's first female trawler captain shows the way forward
Men should be grateful for feminism, not afraid of it
South Korean soldiers have been ordered to cut out expletives.
Citizens of Turkey, Moldova, Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine are main beneficiaries as passport loopholes offered by three EU nations could be indirectly expanding the boundaries of the bloc - potentially giving nearly 5 million outsiders the coveted right to live and work in the union.
Considered by many to be a giant in the intellectual world, Judt chronicled his illness in unsparing detail in public lectures and essays – giving an extraordinary account that won him almost as much respect as his voluminous historical and political work, for which he was feted on both sides of the Atlantic.
When Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and President Dmitry Medvedev met in June, both leaders agreed to seek progress on mutual concerns. And the largest issue blocking progress is the dispute over the Northern Territories, which has prevented Moscow and Tokyo from reaching a formal peace treaty to end World War II.
Inside the UK's first anti-terrorism camp
Middle Easterners formed 3% of the total foreigners who visited Paris in 2009.
The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s Directorate of Conservation Implementation and Control Bureau (KUDEB) has been renovating wooden houses on the historical peninsula, and now it seems that wooden mosques are also getting their share of attention.
China is hoping that massive investment in its railway system will speed up development of its interior, give it a competitive edge over other major economies and bring in even more export earnings
A 12-year-old boy born with a short right leg plans to walk into school for the first time after surgeons "grew" his limb by 31cm.
People need to do more to look after their own and their children's health, a leading GP has warned.
Sheikh Salim Bin Oufait al Shanfari, Head of Dhofar Municipality patronized the Camel Beauty Show, which was organized by the local
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