PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Salam Fayyad knew he had a big problem - foreign donors hadn`t given him enough cash to pay public service salaries this month
EGYPT is to carry out DNA tests on the mummified remains of two foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamun to determine if they were the children of the boy king
IRAQ is amassing a huge budget surplus of soaring oil export revenues, but is spending little on reconstruction, for which the United States is bearing the financial burden, a US government report said
HUNDREDS of Muslim worshippers today visited a revered Shiite shrine in northern Iraq that is being rebuilt after a deadly bomb blast which triggered bitter sectarian bloodshed
Bomb ... people receive first aid treatment after an explosion at a concert in Minsk / AP
