Egyptians have begun voting amid tight security in a two-day referendum on a new constitution, which could pave the way for fresh elections. The new charter...
Israel’s controversial former prime minister Ariel Sharon was laid to rest at his ranch in the southern Negev desert on Monday, an AFP correspondent said. Sharon...
Tens of thousands of people around the world have taken part in the No Pants Subway Ride 2014, riding subway networks in their underwear in a...
John Kerry had made 10 trips to the Middle East in the past year to try to win an elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. No-one can fault...
After 10 days stranded far from home, all 52 passengers from a ship stuck in Antarctic ice have now been transferred by helicopter to an Australian...
The condition of Israel’s former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon – who has been in a coma since 2006 – has worsened and is now critical, “with...
Egyptian police have arrested a team of journalists working for the broadcaster Al-Jazeera in the capital, Cairo. They include the TV network’s Cairo bureau chief Mohamed...
She cuts an imposing figure on the tennis court, but Serena Williams has been stepping gingerly as she prepares to back up her stellar 2013 season....
The members of the UN Security Council have condemned the terrorist attack that occurred at the central train station of Volgograd, the Russian Federation on Monday,...
10. Enough Said In writer-director Nicole Holofcener’s wonderfully urbane chamber piece, an imperfect middle-aged woman – divorced, dubious about ever finding love again and dreading the...