Egypt's senate on Monday ratified a law that would grant the armed forces powers of arrest, the official MENA news agency reported. According to the text the armed forces will "support the police in maintaining order and protecting vital installations. The army has also "be given powers of arrest according to the law", it
Exactly two years after violent protests toppled the 32-reign of former President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has been forced to declare a state of emergency for the same reason. On Sunday, Morsi declared a 30-day state of emergency in three provinces along the Suez Canal where dozens of protesters have been killed
In two separate attacks, a car bomb and a suicide bomber have killed at least 19 people in Yemen on Monday. A car bomb has killed at least 11 killed and injured 17 in Rida city, 100 miles south east of the Yemeni capital, Al Arabiya correspondent reported Monday. Also, a suicide bomber
Having Jews living among them placed a great burden on the Europeans: "Faced with the Jews' schemes, Europe could not bear their character traits, monopolies, corruption, and their control and climbing up positions in government," it said. Palestinian Media Watch, founded by Middle Eastern scholar Itamar Marcus, has documented that the PA for years
Egypt's main opposition coalition has rejected the Islamist president's call for dialogue to resolve the country's political crisis, unless their conditions are met. Monday's announcement was made by reform leader Mohammed ElBaradei and other top figures in the National Salvation Front. ElBaradei said President Mohammed Morsi must first appoint a national unity government
Israeli’s health ministry has come under fire for injecting Ethiopian immigrants women with a contraceptive drug without their knowledge or consent. The allegations surfaced in December, when an investigative news program looking into the declining birth rate of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel uncovered claims that would-be migrants were told they would be refused entry
The U.S. State Department on Sunday condemned an Iranian court for sentencing an Iranian-American Christian pastor to eight years in prison. The State Department said it had confirmed reports of Saeed Abedini’s sentencing with the family’s attorney and called for his release. “We condemn Iran’s continued violation of the universal right of freedom
An Israeli intelligence source has confirmed Iran’s Fordow underground nuclear uranium enrichment facility sustained major damage in a “mega explosion” that occurred last week. Fordow, which contains at least 2,700 centrifuges for uranium enrichment, is located deep beneath a mountain near the Iranian city of Qom. Some 200 workers were trapped inside the
President Mohamed Mursi Sunday declared a state of emergency in three provinces hit by rioting which has left dozens dead, warning he was ready to take further steps to confront threats to Egypt's security. Emergency measures would come into effect in the provinces of Port Said, Suez and Ismailia "for 30 days starting at
Violence has returned to Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, birthplace of the January 25 Revolution that toppled the 31-year regime of former President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Tensions were high as the second anniversary of the revolution came around, with the general populace realizing that although a new Islamist government is in power -- comprised
