The iconic black and white keffiyeh, or Arab headdress, famously donned by late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat has hit the streets of Beirut in a rainbow of colours -- much to the chagrin of older Palestinians.

An 18-year-old told a Shanghai court he stabbed a Canadian model during a robbery then returned hours later to steal her belongings as she lay dying in a stairwell, state media reported Tuesday.

A Lebanese woman working in a restaurant kitchen found 26 pearls in an oyster she was preparing for the table and is to submit the find to the Guinness Book of Records.

A man who said he was tired of life went on a stabbing rampage on Sunday in a crowded Tokyo shopping street, killing seven people and wounding a dozen others.

German chemicals group Henkel said Wednesday February 21th it planned to cut 3,000 jobs and sell a stake in a US affiliate to cope with soaring raw material costs and stiff competition and to finance an acquisition.

Playboy bunny girls are to return to London after a 25-year absence when the U.S. entertainment company opens a store and a casino-cum-restaurant venue.

Morocco pledged to wage war against terrorism "without respite" on Monday after a suspected suicide bomber was blown up in a Casablanca Internet cafe during a tussle with the owner of the premises.

Strong reaction to a plan for a women-only park in Istanbul has focused attention on the divisions between Turkey's secularists and supporters of the ruling AK Party, which has its roots in political Islam.