Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood organized a 760-km (470-mile)-long human chain of supporters across the country on Thursday to back the group’s presidential candidate Mohammed Mursi in a show of strength ahead of next week’s historic vote. From Cair
Joyce Banda says laws criminalising homosexuality may be scrapped in what is seen as attempt to appease Western donors.
Thousands of Bahrainis protest outside the capital against a plan to create a union of Gulf Arab countries, with similar demonstrations in Tehran and Dubai.
Deputy PM says auditors to assess amount of cash needed by banks to rebuild their balance sheets.
قال مصدر عسكري يمني إن الجيش اليمني يتقدم باتجاه غرب مدينة جعار التي يسيطر عليها تنظيم القاعدة في محافظة أبين الجنوبية بعد تطهير لودر، في وق
Yemeni troops advanced Friday toward the city of Jaar, a bastion of al-Qaeda in the south of the country where five militants were also killed in clashes with tribesmen, local and military sources said. “Armed forces have made notable ad
A group of victims of Tunisia’s Arab Spring revolt sewed their lips shut to express their anger and frustration on Thursday to highlight their plight. They call themselves ‘The Injured of the Tunisian Revolution’, and have been protesting for more
Some of Tunisia’s radical mosques are calling on young people to fight in a jihad in Syria against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, a religious affairs official said Friday. According to official estimates, about 400 of Tunisia’
The head of the U.N. ceasefire mission in Syria said on Friday that no number of observers could halt the violence in the country unless there is a genuine commitment from all sides for peace, as the U.N. chief said he believed al-Qaeda was responsible fo
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the United Nations on Friday to boost the number of military observers in Syria to far more than a planned total of 300. “Three hundred observers will not be enough ... maybe 1,000, 2,000
The King of Bahrain is among controversial monarchs expected at a Diamond Jubilee lunch hosted by The Queen later.
Israeli troops on Friday rearrested a Palestinian who was freed under terms of a prisoner swap deal between Israel and the Hamas movement, Palestinian security sources said. Arref Fakhuri, an officer in the Palestinian intelligence services