Egypt's Minster of Culture faces obstacles for UNESCO job
Egypt's Minster of Culture Farouk Hosni said Islamist and Jewish groups are standing against his nomination to become UNESCO's next secretary general, according to media reports Friday.
Mousavi: Iran protesters confessed after torture
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Sunday that confessions made by protesters at a closed-door trial were made after they were put through "medieval-era torture," while Iranian MPs revealed they filed a judicial complaint against him.
Fayyad Proclaims Jerusalem Capital of 'Palestine'
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad proclaimed historic Jerusalem an Arab capital city in a speech given Saturday near Ramallah. Control of the city must be granted to a future PA state, he said.
Explosives En Route Caused Iran Plane Crash
Explosives en route to the Hizbullah terrorist group caused a Russian-made plane to crash in Iran two weeks ago, claiming the lives of 168 people, according to a report in the Italian paper Corriere Della Sera on Saturday.
Militant urges targeting China over Uighurs
DUBAI – The leader of a group calling itself the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) urged Muslims to attack Chinese interests to punish Beijing for what he described as massacres against Uighur Muslims.
Muslims Abduct Two Christian Coptic Girls in Egypt
Mrs. Samira Markos, who lives in Alexandria, sent an appeal to Egypt4Christ advocacy, pleading with them to rescue her daughter from forced Islamization.
Saddam top aide urges insurgents enter politics
Iraqi Baath leader wants political participation
Khatami attacks election protester trial
Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, an influential reformer, has rejected Saturday’s trial of 100 prominent activists and protesters who were arrested following the June 12 disputed presidential election.
Fatah to Back Violence, Reject Israel as Jewish State
The Fatah party, which leads the Palestinian Authority, will meet in Bethlehem this week and call for “controlled violence†against Israel, the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan reported.
Iran arrests three Americans near Iraqi border
Iran arrested three Americans who "infiltrated" through the border with Iraq after they went missing in the area, state-owned al-Alam television said on Saturday, in the Islamic republic's first confirmation of the incident.