
Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said rules his perch on one of the world's busiest shipping lanes as an absolute monarch, without checks from a parliament or judiciary.




Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said rules his perch on one of the world's busiest shipping lanes as an absolute monarch, without checks from a parliament or judiciary.

An Austrian daily quoted Bahraini revolutionary poetess Ayat Al-Ghermezi in its Monday edition as saying relatives of Bahraini King Hamad

The U.N. nuclear supervisor flies to Tehran on Sunday looking for a deal to inspect suspected weapons

On the eve of the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power, the Muslim Brotherhood braced itself for a wave of mass detentions,

Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity and address the debilitating hunger that affects 27 percent of its population

Near the rock-strewn scene of a bloody anti-army protest, Islamist, liberal and other politicians sat with ruling generals

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is extremely concerned about the deteriorating health