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A long-standing issue between Libya and Malta over oil exploration in disputed waters could be decided by the autumn following talks in Tripoli Wednesday.

President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who has spent more than two decades as Tunisia’s leader, said Wednesday that he will seek a fifth term in elections next year.

The 22-nation Arab League has named a new envoy to Iraq. Hani Khalaf, a retired Egyptian diplomat, will be the League’s next envoy, replacing Moroccan Moukhtar Lamani, who resigned last year to protest a lack …

DUBAI: An Indian has been arrested in the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates on charges of killing his brother.

Mumbai : The Sultanate of Oman has stopped issuing fresh visas to skilled workers from foreign countries like those engaged in jobs like cleaning, laundry, and electronic repair among others, where enough local …

Spirits are low after the Doha trade talks in Geneva collapsed yesterday after an intense nine days of negotiations and are high unlikely to be resumed before January 2009 or later.

Thursday, July 31, 2008 DAMASCUS: Twelve Syrian dissidents went on trial on Wednesday for signing a declaration calling for democracy in Syria in what a human rights group said was the biggest such case in …

Kampala Rebel leader Joseph Kony’s chief negotiator in the just concluded peace negotiations with government, Dr James Obita has been granted amnesty after he denounced rebellion.

Zachary Luhn, 2, plays a game at Dogwood Junction Thursday afternoon with help from his father, Kent Luhn.

President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt yesterday paid a rare visit to Uganda, the first of any Egyptian leader and discussed the pending indictment of Sudanese President Omar-el-Bashir by the International Criminal …