Cairo’s Libyan Embassy Suspends Work after Egyptians Protest over Copt Christian Death
The Libyan embassy in Cairo announced on Saturday that it had suspended operations indefinitely. The move comes days after demonstrators burned a Libyan flag at its gate to protest the death of an Egyptian Coptic Christian imprisoned in the North African...
Gunmen Kidnap Female Czech Tourists in Pakistan
A government official says gunmen abducted two female Czech tourists in a troubled province in Pakistan. Abdul Qadus says the women were traveling from Iran to Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province, when they were seized on Wednesday....
Tunisia’s Dark Turn
Once it was a rare sight to see women wearing the hijab on the streets of Tunis, but no longer. Now more women do than don’t, and very few risk harassment or disapproving eyes by wearing a skirt to walk...
Al Qaeda Claims Assault on Iraqi Justice Ministry
Al Qaeda’s Iraqi affiliate said on Sunday it carried out a coordinated suicide bomb and gun attack on the country’s justice ministry last week that killed at least 25 people in the centre of Baghdad. The assault near the heavily...
Norway Says Aid May Have Gone to Palestinian Terrorists
he Palestinian Authority misled Oslo when it claimed Norwegian aid money was not used to reward the murderers of Israelis, Norway’s foreign minister said. Espen Barth Eide said Monday in a statement that “it is unfortunate that the incorrect information...
Clashes Erupt as Bahrain Youths Stage Anti-Gulf Force Demo
Bahraini police clashed with youths protesting Thursday against the deployment into a third year of a Gulf military force that backed Manama’s bid to crush a Shiite-led uprising, witnesses said. Police fired tear gas and sound bombs to disperse hundreds...
Attackers Kill 12 in Coordinated Baghdad Assault
Iraqi authorities say a series of blasts have rocked central Baghdad and gunmen are locked in an apparently coordinated battle with security forces. They say at least 12 people have been killed and at least 30 are wounded. Police say the...
Iran Steps Up Weapons Lifeline to Assad
Iran has significantly stepped up military support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in recent months, solidifying its position alongsideRussia as the government’s lifeline in an increasingly sectarian civil war, Western diplomats said. Iranian weapons continue to pour into Syria from Iraq but also increasingly along other...
Hezbollah: Portrait of a Terrorist Organization
Hezbollah has a 30-year history of terrorist activity in Lebanon, the Middle East and around the globe, directed against Israel, the Jewish people, the United States and the West, pro-Western Arab states and Hezbollah’s enemies in Lebanon. Overview 1. Since...
The Trailer for ‘Jews of Egypt,’ which Egyptian State Security Has Blocked from Release
An Egyptian documentary called “Jews of Egypt” was supposed to hit theaters Wednesday, but won’t because state security officials have blocked its release, according to the film’s producer. Egyptian producer Haytham el-Khamissy posted the news to Facebook, outraged because he said the film had...
