UAE urged to allow appeals for expelled Lebanese, Gazans

OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS/WASHINGTON: Israel will deploy in November its anti-missile system designed to combat threats from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, the de

Gaza family struggles to survive

The few dozen yards (meters) of fraying blue tarpaulin and dirt-stained canvas that define the Awaja family’s living space can’t keep out the cold in

‘Releasing Lockerbie bomber was wrong’

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday the decision to free Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi from a Scottish jail was “comple

Clintons in tears over Chelsea?

NEW YORK: Chelsea Clinton’s hush-hush wedding may as well be classified but one thing is no secret: There will be tears. The only child of

Madonna in trouble over noisy London house party

LONDON: US pop star Madonna was in hot water with her neighbours over a loud party thrown at her London house when she was not there, council official

Asean wants deeper engagement with US, Russia

HANOI: Asean is hoping to deepen engagement with the United States and Russia as China’s economic and military influence rises in the region, analysts

‘World bodies misused by US’

GENEVA: Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday that international bodies such as the United Nations were misused by the United States a

Dozens to face coup plot trial in Turkey

ISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors have indicted 196 people, including several former heads of service, over accusations they plotted a coup against the Is

Microneedles for painless immunisation

WASHINGTON: American scientists have successfully developed a new technology using “micro needles” to deliver painless immunisation. Experiment

German abandons son to ‘teach him lesson’

BERLIN: A German father abandoned his 14-year-old son on an autobahn 450 kilometres (280 miles) from their home after an argument, saying he wanted to

US Army unveils a trove of paintings

An American soldier stands alone amid the long grass of a Vietnamese field accompanied by the helicopter that brought him there while a few other sold

Burqa empowers women: Spelman

LONDON: As debate intensifies across Europe on banning the veil, a minister has defended a Muslim woman’s right to wear the burqa and says it is empow