The number of drug users in Egypt has rapidly increased since the revolution, says the head of a drug addiction organization. Egypt’s economic and social problems have hit the Nile Delta town of Faqous hard and some are turning to drugs in order to cope. A drug user from the town, who only
Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Kovalkin of Neria, in the Binyamin region, was brutally beaten May 4 at the Doar Junction near his community together with another Jew, Aharon Zlatkin, 53. Zlatkin is still in the hospital and was initially under anesthesia and artificial respiration. He is now doing a little better and has begun moving
Get to know Azerbaijan, because it sees its future with the western pluralistic societies which value freedom and democracy. In what Muslim country did the chief of police of the capital city tell the Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Director of the Conference of Presidents of major Jewish organizations (“Conf. of Pres.”) that it’s “totally okay
Egyptian security officials say prosecutors ordered a Coptic teacher's detention extended while they investigate her over accusations of blasphemy of Islam and proselytizing Christianity. Officials say 24-year-old Dimiana Abdel-Nour will be held for another 15 days in the southern city of Luxor where she taught. The defendant, who has denied the charges, went on
Twin car bombs in Turkey killed 41 people and injured 100 others Saturday. The double blast occurred in a crowded area of the small town of Reyhanli in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, just a few kilometers from the main border crossing into Syria. Al Jazeera quoted Bulent Arinc, Deputy Prime Minister
Dozens of Islamist protesters gathered at the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo after noon prayers on Friday, to denounce the alleged Israeli airstrikes on Syria and the arrest of the Mufti of Jerusalem this week, the website of the Al-Ahram daily reports. Muslim Brotherhood figure Mohamed El-Beltagy lead chants of “To Jerusalem we go, millions
Lockheed Martin announced Thursday that it has successfully demonstrated the Area Defense Anti-Munitions (ADAM) system in multiple tests against free-flying Kassam-like rocket targets. The prototype laser system destroyed eight small-caliber rocket targets in flight at a range of approximately 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) in tests conducted in March and April 2013, reported Opli.net.
Gold miner Centamin Plc said an Egyptian State Commissioner’s Office recommendation to the Supreme Administrative Court on the company’s right to operate its only producing mine was not positive, sending its shares down as much as 21 percent. Centamin said on Friday the first hearing of its appeal against a court ruling that questioned
The Obama administration is ignoring the link between radical Islam and terrorism, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Thursday. In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) tied the terrorist attack in Benghazi to the Boston Marathon bombings, saying that in both cases, the Obama administration had ignored the
The reshuffle of Egypt's cabinet, which included an overhaul of the government's entire economic team, does not improve the outlook for the country’s finances and could derail or delay a loan from the IMF, economists warn. On Tuesday, President Mursi replaced nine ministers, including the ministers of finance, planning, investment and petroleum, in a
