Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is intensifying his diplomatic drive to secure a Gaza ceasefire. He is meeting with Arab foreign ministers in New York.

Reports that Saudia Arabia has placed blame firmly on Hamas for the continuing Israel onslaught is creating division in the Arab League.

Saudi Arabia tells the Palestinians to grow up and act like adults? It was part of the meeting at emergency Arab League summit taking place to sort out the Middle East conflict.

Thousands of camels will be fluttering their long eyelashes and swaying their giant humps in the Al Dhafrah Festival to celebrate Bedouin culture. As much as $40 million (AED) and 143 trucks will be given away.

The mother of an 8-year-old girl filed for divorce on behalf of her daughter, but a Saudi court rejected it. They said the daughter must file for divorce on her own, and only after she hits puberty. Until then, her marriage to a 58-year-old man is valid.

Scientists from NASA say that Greenland's ice cap is the smallest it has been in 15 years. But it's not seen as bad news by its 56,000 inhabitants: they expect to benefit from vast oil deposits beneath the ice and from the longer crop-growing season.

The Somali pirates who hijacked the Saudi oil tanker “Sirius Star” are demanding a $25 million ransom within the next 10 days. The tanker carries more than 2 million barrels of oil and a crew of 25.

A navy warship from India was patrolling the waters near Somalia when a pirate boat attacked it. The Navy then retaliated and sank the boat.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the G20 has agreed upon a series of measures which will help ease global economic crisis.

This young child bride fought against tribal customs and successfully got a divorce from a man in his thirties. For her bravery, Glamour Magazine chose her as “Woman of the Year."