Middle-East

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: A blind American traveler says he was stopped from getting on a flight in Dubai on Tuesday because of his disability — a decision

TEHRAN: Iran’s opposition leader says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s foreign policies are destructive and his performance as president should be judged in a

AIN EL-HAMMAM, Algeria: Two Christian men on trial in Algeria for eating during daylight in the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan were acquitted on Tuesday, a verd

KHARTOUM: A referendum on whether Sudan’s disputed Abyei region should join the country’s north or south will not go ahead unless outstanding issues are sett

BEIRUT: A Lebanese general held for four years over the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said on Sunday a Syrian judge had issued arrest warrants fo

SANAA: Children are increasingly bearing the brunt of the violent clashes between government forces and rebels in southern Yemen despite efforts by aid groups to

JERUSALEM: An Irish Nobel peace laureate called Israel an “apartheid” state during a deportation hearing before the country’s Supreme Court Monday, prompti

ANKARA: A charity organization that sponsored the Gaza-bound aid flotilla that Israeli commandos boarded about four months ago says activists from Asia plan to s

RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinians accused Jewish occupiers of setting fire to a West Bank mosque on Monday, an incident that coincided with US efforts to rescue

AMMAN, Jordan: Jordan’s military court convicted 10 men charged with plotting terrorism attacks and sentenced them Monday to prison terms ranging from 15 years