TEHRAN - Iran says it will start producing higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday and plans a major expansion of its uranium enrichment programme by building 10 new plants in the next year, further stoking tensions with the West.
TEHRAN - Iran says it will start producing higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday and plans a major expansion of its uranium enrichment programme by building 10 new plants in the next year, further stoking tensions with the West.
Iraqi health officials say a motorcycle bomb blast has killed at least twenty Shia pilgrims near the outskirts of the holy city of Kerbala.
DUBAI – Dubai Government media office has announced that Dubai police have identified suspects in the murder crime of Palestinian Hamas member Mahmoud Abdul Raouf Hassan and that they would soon track them down and refer to court in conjunction with International Police (Interpol).
Saddam Hussein’s cousin and henchman “Chemical Ali” was executed on Monday just days after he was sentenced to death for the 1998 gassing of thousands of Kurds.
DUBAI — A new portal of the Dubai Metro along with the voice browser service of the RTA website for visually-impaired surfers was launched by Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA).
JEDDAH - Bodies of six African overstayers were found in different areas between Jeddah and Al Leeth recently.
Diplomats from six key powers focused on possible new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program at a meeting , but reached no agreement.
Yemeni Shia rebels, engaged in border clashes with Saudi forces, said they had downed a Saudi helicopter amid Saudi air raids they said had killed at least 15 villagers.
JEDDAH - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam, according to an announcement made by Dr Abdullah Al Othaimeen, secretary-general, in Riyadh on Monday.
ABU DHABI — The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, received the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian group Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, currently on a tour of the region, at Al Bateen Palace on Monday.