Anti-graft agency orders detention of Mubarak’s wife after questioning her
Egypt’s anti-graft agency ordered the detention of Suzanne Thabet, the wife of former president Hosni Mubarak, for 15 days pending investigation.
Bin Laden’s communication system evaded US intelligence
Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden had developed sophisticated tactics to communicate with his followers worldwide via the Internet without leaving digital traces for the US government, American intelligence officials have said.
Bin Laden dreams for another 9/11-like attack
The Central Intelligence Agency has said that while it will take months to comb through the “mother lode of information†it has in its possession from the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, it is clear that the Al Qaeda leader was involved in running the terror group.
Woman whose story triggered communal clashes arrested
Thousands of people rallied in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday calling for unity and the rule of law to be enforced after attacks on churches, state television reported, hours after the prosecutor ordered the detention of a woman whose rumored captivity in a church triggered deadly clashes between Muslims and Christians.
Bangladesh to lift ban on fatwas
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court Thursday lifted a ban on issuing Muslim religious edicts (fatwas) but said extrajudicial punishments carried out in the name of religion were illegal, according to Agence-France Presse.
The Arab world watches to take a cue from its biggest nation
Two key events have this week put post-revolutionary Egypt at a crossroads. How Egypt moves forward is certain to impact the course of popular revolts across the Middle East and North Africa.
Yemen thinks ‘Saudi Arabia’ as bombed oil pipeline leaves the country reeling
Nearly half of Yemen’s oil production has shut down because of a blast that ruptured a major oil pipeline. Yemen, already experiencing a political crisis, has asked Saudi Arabia for oil, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
Muslim Brotherhood Leader to Run for President
A senior Muslim Brotherhood leader has announced plans to run for president of Egypt. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, 59, will run as an independent.
Bombings in Pakistan Kill 73
Terrorists hit a paramilitary training center in northwestern Pakistan on Friday morning, killing at least 73 people.
Two Arrested After Planning to Attack Synagogues
New York police have arrested two North African-born men who planned to attack synagogues, kill Jews and blow up the Empire State Building, Reuters reported.