Arab press asks Muslims to unite against terrorists
DUBAI, July 24: The world’s Muslims were urged on Sunday to unite against terrorists after the bombings in Egypt’s top tourist resort, roundly condemned in the Arab press as barbaric attacks that do nothing to serve their cause....
Sunnis may end boycott in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 24: Sunni leaders said on Sunday they were considering ending their boycott of the debate on Iraq’s new constitution triggered by a double murder last week....
Don’t pursue PKK men in Iraq, Zebari tells Turkey
AMMAN, July 24: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari warned Turkey on Sunday not to let its troops cross into northern Iraq to hunt Kurdistan Workers’ Party rebels....
Tomb filled with king’s treasure discovered
SOFIA, July 24: Bulgarian archeologists said on Sunday they had discovered the tomb of a Thracian king from the fourth century BC filled with treasure including a golden crown, body armour and gold, silver and bronze cups....
Egypt launches manhunt
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: July 24: Egypt launched a vast manhunt on Sunday after the multiple bombings that killed 88 people in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, packed with Egyptians and foreign tourists....
Indian freed after 54 years in detention
GUWAHATI (India), July 24: An Indian court has freed a man who languished in jail or a mental home in the eastern state of Assam for 54 years without ever facing trial, police said on Sunday....
US-North Korea talks raise stakes
WASHINGTON: Is US President George W. Bush at last ready to deal with the third charter member of his “Axis of Evil,” thus giving up his dreams of “regime change” in...
Zimbabwe: to loan, or not to loan
JOHANNESBURG: Zimbabwe’s decision to seek a loan from neighbouring South Africa has sparked a heated debate in that country. Some have urged South Africa to turn down the request, while others...
Attacks linked by ideology, say analysts
PARIS: The close timing of the attacks which have killed more than 130 people in London and the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh was largely coincidental, with no mastermind behind the...
Coffin-makers grow rich in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Sixty-year-old Haitham Fadhil Girgis’s carpentry business in the capital of war-torn Iraq is a roaring success. He specializes in coffins...