MANILA:  Negotiators from the Philippine government and Maoist-led rebels have reached an agreement to resume formal peace negotiations next month, a month after an angry President Rodrigo Duterte cancelled talks after rebels ambushed soldiers. The two sides would hold talks in the first of April

Cairo: A bomb went off in Al-Arish city of Egypt’s restive North Sinai, killing a high-ranking Army officer and injuring three others, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The explosion took place late on Wednesday targeting a security patrol which was passing through Assiut street in Al-

New York : Nearly two-thirds of US voters say hatred and prejudice in the United States have risen since Donald Trump was elected president, an opinion poll revealed today. Sixty-three per cent of subjects polled by Quinnipiac University said hatred and prejudice have increased since Trump’s No

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Israel on Thursday to focus on today’s “different world” after Premier Benjamin Netanyahu evoked age-old tensions with Iran, ahead of a holiday marking an ancient victory. In a meeting with Putin in Moscow, Netanyahu said Persia had made “an attemp

Chancellor Angela Merkel is planning to hold her first meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington on March 14, a German government source said on Friday. "Such a plan is in the works," the source told AFP. Separately, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said that "we are not denying" r

ANKARA Turkish leaders condemned Germany on Friday for cancelling rallies of Turkish residents due to be addressed by Ankara's ministers and accused Berlin of giving "shelter" to Turkey's enemies.As the diplomatic spat between the two countries became increasingly angry, Turkish President Tayyip Erd

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Two months after Pakistan's top foreign affairs official Sartaj Aziz said there was inadequate evidence against the alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, Islamabad ruled out his extradition and said an FIR had been registered against him. Jadhav was arrested in Balochistan on

China on Friday reiterated its stand on Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's visit to India and said it was 'gravely concerned over this information.' Though China had earlier opposed the Tibetan leader's visit, citing it will seriously 'damage' bilateral ties, India facilitated the visit and de

Cairo - Long-ruling leader Hosni Mubarak has been acquitted of inciting deadly violence during the 2011 uprising in Egypt. The 88-year-old was originally sentenced to life in prison for his alleged role in the killing of hundreds of peaceful protesters. Al Jazeera

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte agreed to sign the Paris climate deal after being assured that the ambitious contribution submitted by the Philippines to the United Nations under the deal can still be revised. “When it was clarified that the 70% can be changed, that was also the big

AlArabiya.net | Wednesday, 1 March 2017 Gaza : A 40-year-old Palestinian woman has given birth to 69 kids, her husband was quoted as saying by Gaza Al-An news agency. The husband confirmed that his wife died on Sunday. According to global statistics, the deceased mother was the most fertil

NASA plans to send its first robotic spacecraft to the Sun next year that is slated to get within six million kilometres of the blazing star to probe its atmosphere. Humans have sent spacecraft to the Moon, Mars and even distant interstellar space. Now, NASA plans to launch the Solar Probe Plus m

Thousands of troops have poured on to the streets of one of west China’s most important cities for the second time in just over a week, as a senior Communist party leader heralded an “all-out offensive” against terrorism in the violence-stricken region. More than 10,000 rifle-toting forces gather

President Donald Trump's new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary U.S. travel ban, U.S. officials said Tuesday, citing the latest draft in circulation. Trump is expected to sign the executive order in the coming days. Four officials told The

South Korean prosecutors charged Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee with bribery and embezzlement on Tuesday as the top conglomerate announced the dismantling of its corporate strategy office, the latest developments in a graft scandal that has rocked the country. Jay Y. Lee, 48, was arrested on Feb.

Somalia’s new president visited victims wounded by the Mogadishu car bomb that today killed 34. President Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those who planned the blast. The explosion hit a busy marketplace in the western part of the capita

Pakistan Army has moved heavy artillery towards the Afghan border as part of its "enhanced security arrangements" in the border region, aimed at combating terrorism.After a string of terror attacks in the country, Pakistan Army has moved heavy artillery towards the Pak-Afghan border in Chaman an

Baghdad: The U.S. military is not in Iraq "to seize anybody's oil", Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said, distancing himself from remarks by President Donald Trump at the start of a visit to Iraq on Monday. Mattis, on his first trip to Iraq as Pentagon chief, is hoping to assess the war effort as U.