ALGIERS: After an absence of 10 years, the Miss Algeria beauty contest is to resume on Friday in the western city of Oran, organisers said. A total of 20 women aged between 18 and 26 have been carefully selected from Algeria's main cities to line u...

With the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for next spring, Algeria seems to be heading toward a direction with uncertain outcomes. President Bouteflika who has ruled the country for 14 years, spanning 3 terms in office has made a recent ...Se...

Angered over the way that a Taliban political office was opened in Qatar, the Afghan government backed away from discussions, while separately breaking off talks on military ties with the United States.    

Israel's Foreign Ministry fails in its attempt to convince Google representatives to get 'Palestine' off the tech giant's products.    

It didn’t take long… the cleric who issued a fatwa declaring it sinful for Saudi women to travel to Dubai has retracted his ruling. He was informed, by social media users as well as other clerics, that his fatwa was off the rails and he saw the light. In U-turn, Saudi cleric withdraws fatwa on [...]

Twenty-five people were injured in Fayoum’s Itsa City Wednesday in clashes between supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsy and his opponents, medical sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm. The clashes led to the cancelation of a sympos...

Communications satellite services provider Intelsat has announced the suspension of its services to Iranian channels, especially the English-language news network, Press TV, as the West's campaign against free speech intensifies.

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Bombs flattened a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Wednesday but there were no casualties as the building had been emptied for repairs following previous attacks, security officials said.