The Arab Spring that reshaped the region’s political landscape has entered a second year, marked by fragile transitions and the empowerment of Islamists in a region still trying to find its way. From Tunisia to Cairo, and from Tripoli to
أثارت انتقادات حادة وجهها أحد أعضاء مجلس الشعب المصري إلى المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة، تضمنت "شتائم" للمشير محمد حسين طنطاوي، رئيس المجلس،
Yemenis are set to draw a line under three decades of autocratic rule by voting in an uncontested election on Tuesday to install the current deputy president, Mansour Hadi, as the country’s leader. Hadi is the only candidate in the new-era election an
Vandals daubed “Death to Christianity” on a Jerusalem church on Monday in the second such attack in the holy city this month, police said. The words “Price Tag”, a slogan used by ultranationalist Jewish settlers, were also scrawled on the wal
A team of U.N. inspectors arrived in Tehran early on Monday for talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear program, a day after the Islamic Republic ordered a halt to its oil sales to Britain and France in apparent retaliation for tightening EU sanctions. T
Trade deficit touched $18.5bn as fuel imports rose and exports tumbled due to strong yen and slump in demand in Europe.
Meeting in Brussels likely to approve $170bn second bailout package amid continuing street protests over austerity cuts.
Lawyer of former Tunisian President Zein al-Abedine Ben Ali, Akram Azouri, said the charges against his client are baseless and stressed that the verdict issued against him will be appealed. “The charges leveled against Ben Ali can be dropped easily if
Two-day talks in Tehran come as Iran announces halt to oil supplies to France and Britain over nuclear standoff.
Sudan’s Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi, who is seeking a “popular revolution” in the country, on Sunday accused government intelligence agents of bugging his offices. At a news conference the veteran politician produced t
نفى النائب العام في ليبيا، عبد العزيز الحصادي، الأنباء التي أوردتها بعض وسائل الإعلام مؤخراً حول مقتل المذيعة التلفزيونية هالة المصراتي، و
The judicial committee supervising Egypt’s first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down last year said on Sunday it had yet to finalize a date for the vote, although an election official said it would be in the first week of J