- Three officials sacked as anti-graft drive gains ground
- China welcomes Sudan's agreement on deployment
- Grenade attack kills four in Somalia
- OIC hopeless to end Palestinian crisis
- Khalifa orders Dh22m in compensation for citizens
- Peres may embark on new journey as president
- Israel worries over Abbas's ability to control fighting
- Re-election calls after 'mass rigging' in Egyptian polls
- Bahrain says listing on US watch list unjustified
- Thousands throng Eido's funeral in Lebanon
- Anti-Syria sentiment runs high
- Abbas orders attack on Hamas militants
- Muscat told to use water prudently
- UN extends stay of foreign force in Iraq
- Egypt withdraws diplomats
- Hamas pledges to free BBC man
- Fayyad served as finance minister
- Abbas tries to regain control
- Armed forces patrol streets
- Haniya rules out declaring Gaza state
- Haniya calls for restraint
- A 'nail in Palestinian coffin'
- US says Iraq troop surge complete
- Four killed in militant grenade attack on packed cinema in Somalia
- Gates meets top US military commanders in Iraq
- Six Lebanese soldiers die in Nahr Al Bared blast
- Bodies of martial arts experts found in desert
- Syria 'trying to change parliament'
- Stranded in Qatar without jobs, money or passports
- Official appeals to residents in Muscat to 'use water prudently'
- Hamas overruns Gaza
- UN envoy blasts US for pro-Israeli agenda
- Fatah fighters turn screws on Hamas
- US 'prepares for a coup by arming Iraqi factions'
- Lebanon tense as murdered MP is laid to rest
- Attack on Iran 'act of madness'
- Israel and the West may ease sanctions to boost Abbas
- Fugitive Palestinians flee to Egypt
- Hamas fighters defy Abbas
- Hamas captures Fatah compound
- Bombs land in Baghdad's Green Zone
- Shiite cleric condemns mosque attacks
- Blast targeting MP kills footballers
- Crowd loots Arafat's home
- Iranians protest UK Queen's party
- Attackers posing as film crew destroy Sunni shrine
- Sunni mosques attacked
- TV show millionaire has difficulty keeping secret
- Shanty towns mushroom in Iraq
- Yemeni rebels to attend Doha talks
- Debate rages on ways to handle Iran's N-plans
- Black day for Iraqi sport as bodies of 13 athletes found
- Life limps back to normal in Oman
- Hamas vows to take fight to West Bank
- Government sets Lebanon by-polls on August 5
- Government collapse a blow to diplomacy
- News in brief
- Curfew lifted in Baghdad
- Senior Iranian cleric dies
- Abbas extends cabinet's constitutional power
- Iran condemns knighthood for Rushdie
- Lebanon army, Islamists clash at camp
- GCC won't be base for attack on Iran: Saudi
- Body of kidnapped Iraqi reporter found
- BBC reporter to be released 'in next few hours'
- Olmert begins US trip bolstering Abbas
- Two rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon
- Riyadh wants Iran to return fugitive terror suspects
- MP urges strict control over 'immoral' websites
- Shiite cities plan tunnel to battle Al Anbar terrorists
- Haya seeks increase in aid to meet UN goals
- Russia will not allow US to use Azerbaijani radar station - Iran
- Abbas turns up heat
- Riyadh wants Iran to return fugitive terror suspects
- MP urges strict control over 'immoral' websites
- Shiite cities plan tunnel to battle Al Anbar terrorists
- Haya seeks increase in aid to meet UN goals
- Russia will not allow US to use Azerbaijani radar station - Iran
- Abbas turns up heat
- Barak 'planning attack on Gaza'
- Tel Aviv cuts back on fuel supplies
- Lebanon seeks UN help in Eido killing probe
- Threat to kill abducted BBC journalist
- Sudan accepts hybrid Darfur force
- New Palestinian PM admits problems
- 2 dead in Iraqi police clash with Shiite militia
- Sudan arrests mummy smugglers
- EU to resume aid to Palestine
- Hamas pledges to free BBC reporter by force
- Fatah leader urges probe into Gaza defeat
- Abdullah says Mideast crisis will engulf world
- Panel arrives to supervise Yemen ceasefire
- Journalists face unprecedented wave of violence
- Israel blocks goods bound for Gaza
- US resumes aid to Palestinian government
- Israel to deny funds access to Hamas in Gaza
- 10,000 troops in major offensive in Iraq
- Iran will resort to 'oil as weapon if needed'
- Lebanese soldier dies in refugee camp fighting
- Barak takes over as defense minister
- Baghdad car bomb kills 16
- Israeli force moves into Gaza
- Kuwait texts citizens: 'Turn down AC'
- Fatah spikes Hamas talks offer
- Mediators speak of imminent truce deal
- Arab world fails to achieve poverty alleviation targets
- Saudis must pay more to hire Indonesian maids
- US offensive aims to curb car bombs
- Iraq 'second most unstable country'
- Bahrain's Salafi leader rejects apostasy accusation
- News in brief
- Israel does not want to increase hardships in Gaza
- Tax on pay cheques sparks controversy
- Fleeing Gazans still trapped in tunnel
- US says 30 militants killed in Iraq
- Iran summons British envoy
- Israeli troops kill 6 Palestinians
- Israel opens contact with Fayyad govt.
- Beaten-up Kuwaiti envoy to fly home
- Global media protests against Johnston captivity
- US discovers malnourished Iraqi orphans
- Mousa: Time running out for Lebanon rivals
- Kuwait protests assault on diplomat in Iran
- Morocco and rebels fail to solve West Sahara status
- Four Yemenis home from Guantanamo
- Israel kills fighters and opens contacts with PNA
- Orphanage report 'distorted'
- Gulf News calls for unconditional release of Johnston
- Drive launched to secure release of BBC reporter
- Johnston is Hamas priority
- Nayef urges scholars and preachers to help fight extremism
- Abbas and Olmert to meet on Sunday
- Britons' captors linked to Iran: Petraeus
- 13 dead in attack on Iraqi civic HQ
- Iran rejects charges it is arming Taliban
- PLO backs Abbas to the hilt
- Iraqis, Kurds agree on draft oil law
- Noted Iraqi poetess Nazek Al Malaika passes away in Cairo
- Salary respite for all government staff despite rift
- Fighter recalls flight through Israel for safety
- Yemen ranks among top 25 states facing failure
- One jailed for bid to hijack Qatar Airways plane
- Trap set for militants as US troop toll mounts
- OIC condemns criminal acts in Gaza Strip and urges Hamas to alter situation
- 99 convicted of terrorism
- Minister lashes out at parties opposed to unemployment benefit scheme
- Saudi delegation concludes visit to Guantanamo Bay
- Operation to end sectarian violence
- Lebanon to continue siege
- Somali pirates release Indian dhow
- Iran cleric says fatwa against Rushdie 'still alive'
- Iran 'has 100 kg of enriched uranium'
- Hamas denies it plans to kill Abbas
- US encounter Al Qaida resistance in Baquba
- EU 'offers medical care for HIV-infected children'
- Humanitarian crisis 'looms in Gaza'
- Bahrain to question anyone with links to Houthi rebels
- Makhmur camp braces for new wave of Turkish Kurds
- Waiting 50 years to return home
- Australian sailors had a four-hour standoff with Iranian forces in 2004
- Tapping green alternative
- Clan fight breaks out for control of Somali port city
- Court ruling favouring niqab stokes controversy
- Israel seizes top Hamas leader in West Bank
- Lebanese army shells camp
- Religious police on trial in Saudi
- 5 more US troops killed in Iraq
- EU begins talks with Tehran
- Court to give ruling in Anfal trial today
- Landmark trial of Saudi anti-vice squad put off
- Fatah rebuffs Hamas call for renewed talks
- Rumours of another cyclone sweep Oman
- Yemeni guard guns down foreign worker
- Lebanese army, Islamists clash
- Kuwait threatens to stop India flights
- Israel weighs freeing funds to Abbas
- 'Chemical Ali', 2 others get death sentences
- Saudi women 'to be urged to work as maids'
- 25 trapped in Iran tunnel collapse
- Haniya ready for talks with Abbas
- US to give $180m aid to Palestinians
- Car bomb kills 5 UN troops in Lebanon
- Saudi Arabia not to mediate alone, says Faisal
- Israel targets car in Gaza city
- Committee to help house Gonu victims
- 'Use civil affairs army to build local rapport'
- Suicide bomber kills 8 in Iraq
- Rice faults world for failing on Darfur
- Johnston's family urges captors not to harm him
- Al Qaida 'execution den' found in Iraq
- Iran tunnel collapse leaves no casualty
- Egyptian spying for Israel gets life sentence
- Suicide attack on Baghdad hotel kills 10
- Israeli soldier's captors say he is alive and well
- Al Qaida deputy urges support for Hamas
- Labourers in Bahrain to get midday break soon
- Abbas and Olmert strike positive note
- Suicide bombers continue to reign in Iraq
- News in brief
- 'Real tragedy for media'
- Kuwaiti lawmakers question oil minister
- Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for trying to smuggle 6kg of hashish
- UN force vows to pursue Lebanon task despite attack
- Say enough is enough - Sarkozy
- Blair to be Mideast envoy
- Blast kills five women in Mogadishu
- CIA kidnap victim eyes political career in Egypt
- Iraq raids home of Sunni minister
- Race to save shrinking Dead Sea
- Palestinians are looking for alternative leadership
- Arrest warrant for minister in murder case
- Quartet seeks ways to revive peace talks
- Sunny weather brings relief to Oman
- Families 'will refuse to hire a Saudi housekeeper'
- Anti-vice squad exonerated in death of Saudi
- Abdullah awarded 'Order of the Smile'
- Children in Yemeni town welcome government troops after victory
- Lebanese troops kill three Palestinians during protest
- Palestinian government to isolate Hamas
- Egypt's health ministry bans female circumcision
- Iranian group in Iraq 'threat to security'
- Six Iraqi soldiers killed at army post
- Weapons monitoring agencies shut down
- Egypt 'gagging press freedom'
- Katsav resigns over *** scandal
- Saudi king snubs Abbas
- Bomb kills five US soldiers in Iraq
- Demand for higher education rises in Oman
- Tribal ties weigh heavily on Saudi marriages
- Aid needs grow in Somalia but access gets harder
- Turkey plans to move against Iraq Kurds, says Gul
- Saudi Arabia inches to forefront of Arab political affairs
- Israel's West Bank raid flayed
- Nasser son-in-law dies in fall from balcony
- Dozens killed in Baghdad attacks
- First wave of Iraqi refugees heads for the US
- Lebanon troops kill 6 militants in Qalamoun
- Beheaded bodies found near Baghdad
- Israeli raids stoke war fears
- Israel raids downtown Nablus
- Israeli president pleads guilty to *** offences
- Palestinian PM Fayyad welcomes Blair role
- Murder evidence 'points to Al Hashemi'
- Shiite bloc's support for Al Maliki rife with discord
- Egyptian spy falls to death
- Call for multi-language campaign for Bahrain amnesty plan to succeed
- News in brief
- Fierce protests erupt in Iran over petrol rationing
- MPs demand review of gas rationing
- Two soldiers die in explosion
