World
Government rushes aid as more rains pound Manila
Heavy rains pounded the Philippines capital on Wednesday, prompting a new danger alert as emergency workers rushed food, water and clothes to almost one million people through streets turned into rivers after 11 straight days of monsoon downpour.
Pak top court summons PM over graft case
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the prime minister Wednesday to appear before it.
Taliban threaten to kill Imran
The Taliban have threatened to kill a Pakistani cricket star turned politician if he holds a planned march to their tribal stronghold along the Afghan border to protest US drone attacks.
Syrian refugees find new dangers in Jordanian ‘death camp’
No longer vulnerable to bombings, gunfire and mortar attacks in their homeland.
Thursday, 09 - August 2012
An Omani court has sentenced eight people to a year in jail over Internet posts it called “incitement” against the government, a court official said on Wednesday.
Thursday, 09 - August 2012
An Israeli court on Wednesday indicted 10 Arabs for crimes against the state.
Thursday, 09 - August 2012
For the past 30 years, Israeli Judaic scholar Menachem Cohen has been on a mission of biblical proportions: Correcting all known textual errors in Jewish scripture to produce a truly definitive edition of the Old Testament.
Thursday, 09 - August 2012
Yemen has foiled a plot by an Al-Qaeda-linked cell to carry out attacks inside the capital Sanaa and seized 40 belts packed with explosives, the mayor said on Wednesday, highlighting the risks posed by militancy in the impoverished Arab state.
