Sao Paulo - Commuters faced major traffic woes in Sao Paulo Thursday as subway workers went on strike, causing chaos in the Brazilian metropolis a week before it hosts the World Cup opener....

Paris - Simona Halep became the first Romanian woman to reach a Grand Slam final in 34 years Thursday when she beat Andrea Petkovic 6-2, 7-6, (7/4) to set-up a French Open title clash against Maria...

Shanghai - E-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday it will pay $192 million for a 50 percent stake in China's top football club, in a frenzy of deal-making before a multi-billion dollar share offer in...

Ottawa - A city in Canada's easternmost New Brunswick province remained on lockdown Thursday as police hunted for a man believed to have shot dead three officers and wounded two others in a brazen...

Jerusalem - Israel unveiled plans for 3,200 settler homes Thursday in retaliation for the formation of a Palestinian unity government backed by Hamas and the international community, raising the...

Dharamsala (India) - The leader of Tibet's exiled government accused China Thursday of blanket repression in his homeland and warned that resentment over its rule was growing as he launched a new...

Cairo - Egyptian prosecutors demanded Thursday the "maximum" penalty of 15-25 years in jail for all 20 defendants in the trial of Al-Jazeera journalists accused of aiding the blacklisted Muslim...

Paris - A French court said it would rule next Thursday on whether a French Islamist arrested on suspicion of a triple murder at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, can be handed over to Belgium....

Abu Dhabi - Paris - Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD) students pursuing a BA in Geography recently concluded a study visit, which ran over eight days, to the Kingdom of Morocco. The visit...

Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hold pictures of him during a rally in Tunis,capital of Tunisia, June 3, 2014. Syrians on Tuesday voted for a new president, among whom al-Assad is one...

Tunisia's Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa talks to a student in Khaznadar high school in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, on June 4, 2014. According to reports, about 143,000 students take part in the high...

Beijing- The upcoming Sixth Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum(CACF) will be a landmark and reap a good harvest, Chinese foreign minister and Arab League (AL) chief said on...

Britain, Jordan and Morocco all welcomed and congratulated Egypt's President-elect Abdulfattah Al-Sisi, who on Tuesday earned a landslide victory in his country's elections over sole rival, Hamdeen...

La guerre diplomatique que livre l’Algérie à son voisin marocain autour du conflit du Sahara Occidental, s’étend à présent au champ de tirs mauritanien. Les présidentielles du 21 juin en Mauritanie...

Algiers, Algeria -The Algerian government views shale oil and natural gas as a way to add diversity to its energy sector, Algerian Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi said....

Algiers, Algeria - Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic left forward Rafik Djebbour and midfielder Foued Kadir off his final 23-man squad named for the World Cup on Monday....

Algiers, Algeria - With its oil riches a decade past their peak, Algeria is under pressure to overhaul and open its economy. But a new plan to attract foreign investment faces an uphill battle in a...

Marrakech : Adriana, mannequin devenue célèbre grâce à son mariage avec la star du football français, Christian Karembeu, de qui elle a divorcé en 2010, se remarie très prochainement à Marrakech....

Nis may 31 (qna) - tunisia’s oil production has declined to reach for the first time 59 thousand barrels per day from 115 thousand barrels since no exploration wells have been drilled over the last...