Delhi on high alert as embassies warn of attack
Thousands of police and paramilitary troops guarded New Delhi's markets and shopping centers Sunday after foreign embassies in India issued warnings of imminent militant attacks.
Somali insurgents take hold of pirate haven
Hizbul Islam seizr Haradheere, want part in lucrative trade
Runaway Saudi girls on the rise
Number of young women fleeing domestic violence increased tenfold.
Syria Accuses US of Scud Slander
Peres: We Know for a Fact
Egypt on High Gaza Alert
Egypt has placed its forces on the Gaza border on high alert, suspecting that Gaza Arabs will once again overrun the border. More than 2,000 Arabs in Hamas-run Gaza held May Day demonstrations on Saturday, protesting both Israel’s and Egypt’s tight border crossings. The protests were held near the Erez crossing with Israel and the Rafiah border with Egypt.
Arabs Adds Conditions to Talks, But ‘Show Will Go On’
Hours after the Arab League supported U.S.-mediated talks with Israel, it began adding conditions, but no one apparently wants to be accused of saying â€no,†and the discussions are scheduled to resume, possibly this week.
Failed Car Bomb Forces Times Square Evacuation
A catastrophe was avoided at Times Square late Saturday night when an apparent car bomb failed to blow up after a small mini-explosion that occurred when the device failed to detonate as planned. Police evacuated the crowded square on what usually is the busiest night on Broadway.
TURKEY ON US WATCH LIST FOR VIOLATING RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS
Turkey remains on a US panel's watch list of 12 countries for its violations of religious freedoms, Today's Zaman daily newspaper reports.
France plans to jail burka-enforcers
France will jail and impose huge fines on anyone who forces a Muslim woman to wear a full-face veil, as well as fining the wearer, according to leaked extracts of a proposed law published Friday.
Arab nations back indirect talks
US-brokered negotiations to start in wake of Cairo meeting.