Monthly Archives: August 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued his attacks against Israel and the US on Sunday.

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Pakistani mosque Monday, killing at least 15 people including a prominent local cleric in the lawless district of South Waziristan, officials said.

Egypt's general prosecutor has blocked nine Culture Ministry officials from travel as part of an inquiry into the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million, a state-owned newspaper said on Monday.

Iran said on Monday it has kicked off mass production of two high-speed missile-launching assault boats for deployment along its coastline and around the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route.

Yemeni troops killed seven militants on Sunday, a day after seven suspected al Qaeda fighters were shot dead following a string of attacks in south Yemen, a security official said.

The planned Muslim center and mosque in New York’s Ground Zero continue to generate discussion. Two separate protests took place on the site Sunday, as parties both opposed and in favor of the planned mosque sounded their voices.

Sudanese media reported Sunday that officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit the country this week to discuss Khartoum's plans to import a "peaceful nuclear reactor.

During Friday prayers, Imam Sheikh Tobah called for jihad against all Christians living in the Egyptian village of Shimi.

Kuwait is closely monitoring "sleeping terror cells" that would resort to violence if Iran came under a military strike, a newspaper quoted a security source as saying on Sunday.

Two articles that appeared in internet news sites Sunday morning appear to reflect an atmosphere of edginess in parts of the Israeli public regarding the possibility of a war with Iran and its proxies. One was written by a person who claims to be part of a forum of experts but uses a pseudonym, and the other was written by Udi Pridan, an advertising executive.