This week, we’re spending a number of days with the Lancer Ralliart, Mitsubishi’s body-kitted 2.0-litre economy car. Admittedly, the car only has until the summer to live before the all-new model debuts in the Middle East. But that doesn’t mean the current one is nothing special. It has a lot to offer… For the price of a [...]

Shia Muslims in the Lebanese capital celebrate the festival of Ashura amid increasing tensions with Sunnis.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 28 -- Iraqi soldiers supported by U.S. helicopters on Sunday clashed with a gathering of insurgents hiding out amid date palm orchards near the southern holy city of Najaf, according to Iraqi officials.

Attributed to anonymous sources and denied by the foreign ministries of both Egypt and Iran, the report could strain already tense relations between the countries.

Bombs and mortars hit two Iraqi schools, killing seven children, as a US helicopter is reported shot down in Najaf.

A group of Jewish people in Yemen flee from their village after being threatened by radical Islamists.

Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn highlighted how the $2 billion ecoENERGY Initiatives will reduce smog and greenhouse gas emissions that affect the environment and the health of Canadians. [click link for full article]

Israel's government appoints the country's first Arab Muslim minister - in what is being hailed as an historic move.

Six soldiers die and 20 are injured in attacks by Shia militants in the north of Yemen, officials say.

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) will host its 2007 Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting from February 27 - March 2, 2007 at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Washington, DC. [click link for full article]