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Bob Ainsworth will set out the terms of the probe into claims 20 Iraqis were murdered and nine others tortured at a UK base after a fire-fight in 2004. He will name who will head the inquiry but no date...

President Michel Sleiman arrived on Sunday to Chafik al-Wazzan Boulevard to take part in the Independence Day military parade. Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived just before him. Upon the president’s arrival, soldiers fired 21 welcoming shots...

OMAN Oman is a beautiful country.The best time to visit Oman is between October to April.Oman has caves both explored and hidden and some caves extend up to 5 km.Wadi means valley in Arabic,Oman has many beautiful wadis.The wadis contains...

Dubai can be termed as the paradise of the desert.Dubai culture is a cosmopolitan one.The influx of many nationalities such as the Persians,Indians, Baluchis etc add their own flavour to Dubai culture.The Dubai shopping festival,Dubai summer surprises,Dubai International film festival...

Allegations of torture in Yemen are seldom investigated or prosecuted and there appears to be "a climate of impunity" for the perpetrators, the UN body added. According to the committee, political activists, journalists and rights defenders have been arrested arbitrarily...

Hamas won't remain idle "in the face of a Zionist escalation" in the Gaza Strip. "We will defend, with our utmost force, any new Zionist aggression against the Gaza Strip," the group said in a statement on Sunday announcing that...

We invite them to try to resolve the issue through dialogue," Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters on Tuesday. “All that this fighting does is harm the interests of the world of Islam. Some powers, however, will benefit from such...

Following the meeting of its political council presided over by MP Talal Arslan on Tuesday, the Lebanese Democratic Party issued a statement calling for a speedy drafting of the Ministerial Statement and added that the current delay in the process...