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Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in 2012 in the case, but an appeals court ordered a retrial which dismissed the charges two years later. (Photo: AP)

Ousted Egypt president Mubarak freed from detention: lawyer

Egypt's top appeals court on March 2 acquitted him of involvement in the killings.

24 March 2017 4:51 PM IST

Royal Jordanian flies to New York, Chicago and Detroit. (Photo: Twitter)

12 things to do on a 12-hour flight with no laptop: Jordanian airline...

Royal Jordanian was among the first to announce the US was banning most electronics, including laptops, on board certain...

24 March 2017 12:17 PM IST

Senator Jeff Sessions. (Photo: AP)

Israel arrests Jewish teen over anti-Semitic threats in US, elsewhere

A source familiar with details of the case said he held dual US-Israeli citizenship.

23 March 2017 9:07 PM IST

Caught in the middle of the ban are thousands of travellers growing increasingly frustrated with what they see as an absurd measure. (Photo: AP)

I need my iPad': Travellers across Middle East express ire over...

US and UK have cited intelligence indicating passenger jets could be targeted via explosives planted in electronic...

23 March 2017 8:14 AM IST

The activist-run group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said some 50 families had been sheltering at the school in the northern Syrian village of Mansoura and that their fate was still unknown. (Photo: AP)

Dozens dead or missing from airstrike in IS-held north Syria

Elsewhere in Syria, insurgents advanced on government-held towns and positions north of the central city of Hama.

22 March 2017 7:23 PM IST

Baghdad car bombing killed at least 23 people wounded at least 42 others. (Representational image)

Car bomb kills 6 near Somalia presidential palace: official

The blast was detonated after soldiers tried to stop the car and the bomber tried to speed through the checkpoint.

22 March 2017 7:58 AM IST

Police solved the suspicious death of a 27-year-old housewife who was found dead at home on Monday, and arrested her husband for killing her for mocking him about his age and his inability to fulfil her sexual desires. (Representational image)

UAE rights activist detained, investigated for criticising govt on...

Mansoor was detained after a raid on his home in the emirate of Ajman on Monday.

21 March 2017 3:00 PM IST

Palestinian women practice with tennis balls while training for an all womens baseball game, on a soccer field in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. (Photo: AP)

Palestinian women try to bring baseball to ISIS governed Gaza

The women say their families had no objection, and some parents even encouraged them but the society has not been as...

20 March 2017 1:20 PM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AFP)

Turkey president Erdogan has gone too far with Nazi comments: Berlin

-"We are tolerant but we're not stupid,-" Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told the Passauer Neue Presse newspaper.

20 March 2017 9:34 AM IST

Syrian rebels in the streets of Harem. (Photo: AP)

Clashes in Syria capital after surprise rebel assault

The attack comes just days before a fresh round of UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva aiming at ending Syria's six-year...

20 March 2017 8:21 AM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AFP)

Angela Merkel using Nazi measures: Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Tensions flared after German authorities refused to allow some Turkish ministers to campaign for a yes' vote in the...

20 March 2017 12:26 AM IST

Erdogan and members of the government have dominated the airwaves, holding twice-daily campaign speeches that are televised live in their entirety on all channels. (Photo: AP)

Turkey's referendum campaign unfair, Erdogan opponents say

Erdogan kept up the criticism in an Istanbul speech, denouncing the Netherlands and then singling out Angela Merkel.

19 March 2017 8:34 PM IST