Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has begun posting Internet advertisements offering training for suicide bombers to target the U.S., Israel and France. Volunteers are asked to get in touch via e-mail with details about their own experience and proposed targets, and were posted on a variety of jihadist forums, including al-Fida'a, Shmoukh al-Islam and
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused major world powers on Wednesday of looking for ways to “find excuses and to waste time” in talks over Tehran's controversial nuclear program. “Iran is ready to pursue negotiations in Moscow, and even in Beijing, and has made good proposals,” Ahmadinejad said in the Chinese capital, according to AFP,
This week the IDF marked the 30-year anniversary of Operation Peace for Galilee with a ceremony featuring a speech to the troops by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz. The operation, also known as the First Lebanon War, was authorized by then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin and launched on June 6, 1982, in response
Amid reports on the possibility of the release of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, currently serving a life sentence, on grounds of his old age, a prominent lawyer denied the presence of any such license in Egyptian law. There is no law or article in Egyptian prison regulations that allow the release of prisoners
The story of 16-year-old Iraqi girl who shot herself in the abdomen using her brother’s pistol to avoid being forced into marriage to her cousin sheds light on the lengths women will go to reject forced marriage. “I tried to kill myself,” Jenan Merza from Sinjar told the New York Times on Wednesday. “I
Four men who planned a shooting spree at the office of a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed were found guilty of terrorism Monday and sentenced each to 12 years in prison. The three Swedish nationals and one Tunisian living in Sweden had pleaded not guilty to the terrorism charges, but
Egypt’s markets watchdog has told local brokerages and portfolio management firms that they can no longer trade foreign securities, saying it exposes investors to risks that Egyptian authorities are unable to monitor. A decree signed this week by Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri amends Egypt’s capital market law to make it illegal for the firms
Nine Turkish citizens were killed after they ambushed Navy commandos with knives and clubs, severely wounding several and kidnapping three until other commandos rescued them and overtook the ship. Erdogan has not forgotten the clash and still blames Israel, despite a United Nations report that Israel was within its right to try to stop
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohammed Mursi pledged late Wednesday that the country would “no longer be submissive to the West” if he assumes office after a runoff vote later this month. Mursi, the frontrunner who won 24.77 percent of the vote in the first round of elections in May and will square off
Egypt’s ruling military council on Tuesday gave political parties a two-day ultimatum to issue a parliamentary decision on the membership for the country’s constituent assembly – tasked with drafting a new constitution – or else it would issue a ‘constitutional annex’ or revive the 1971 constitution. After a meeting with Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council
