Gaza's "Apollo" statue remains hidden from the public
The Hamas authorities in Gaza have kept a Bronze sculpture believed to be a statue of the Greek God " Apollo" in a secret location since a Palestinian fisherman found it last August buried under waters in a central Gaza beach, Hamas officials said Sunday.
Expo 2020 to have limited impact on UAE's real estate in 2014: report
The direct impact of holding the World Expo in 2020 for UAE's real estate will be limited in 2014, said real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in a report on Sunday.
Sinai bus explosion to harm Egypt's tourism
Egypt's bus explosion on Sunday in the governorate of South Sinai, which killed three tourists from the Republic of Korea as well as the Egyptian driver, is likely to harm the country's already-suffering tourism.
15 victims from Egypt bus blast treated in Israeli hospital
A total of 15 people injured in a tourist bus explosion in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula Sunday were sent to a hospital in the southern Israeli port city of Eilat for treatment, Israeli media reported.
UN chief slams deadly terrorist attack on tourist bus in Egypt
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Sunday strongly condemned a deadly terrorist attack on a tourist bus in southern Sinai, Egypt, calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
Sadr to see him go
A three-wheeler drives past a portrait of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the shrine city of Najaf in central Iraq on Sunday. Sadr, a major figure in the formation of post-Saddam Iraq, has announced his exit from politics two months before legislative polls. Photo: CFP
Morsi trial adjourned
Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Morsi charged he was being muzzled in a soundproof dock at the start of his trial on espionage charges Sunday, as his defense lawyers staged a protest walk-out.
Lebanon gets new govt after 10-month deadlock
Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam on Saturday unveiled a compromise government, capping 10 months of political wrangling during which the war in neighboring Syria exacerbated sectarian tensions.
UN ‘very sorry’ as Syria talks break off in failure
The UN’s Syria envoy said he was “very, very sorry” Saturday after Geneva peace talks broke off without result, throwing the future of the negotiations to end the bloody conflict into doubt.
Roadside bomb kills one, wounds 3 in S. Afghanistan
One person was killed and three others sustained injuries as a roadside bomb went off in southern Helmand province, a former Taliban stronghold on Saturday, a press release of provincial government released here Sunday said.