The Hamas terrorist group which controls Gaza was quick to pour cold water on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s announcement that peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority would resume. "Hamas rejects Kerry's announcement of a return to talks and considers the Palestinian Authority's return to negotiations with the occupation to be
The biggest mistake deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi made was stopping wheat imports, Egypt’s new minister of supplies said, pledging to ensure that supplies of a strategic good like wheat do not reach the critically low levels they did during Mursi’s year in office. Mohamed Abu Shadi, a 62-year-old former police general
Egyptian security forces raided the office of an Iranian TV channel in Cairo and detained its director, Ahmed al-Sioufi, the media outlet reported on Saturday. “The security forces also seized equipment and devices from the channel without giving any explanation for these actions,” the Arab language satellite channel, Al Alam, said on its website.
The director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines on Friday defended his company’s decision to discriminate against Israeli citizens by refusing to fly them from U.S. airports even when passengers are simply looking to transfer in Saudi Arabia to another country, Al Arabiya reports. Earlier this week, the New York Post reported that the airline’s
Three women died and seven other people were wounded in clashes between loyalists and opponents of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Mursi, medics said Saturday. AFP news agency cited a hospital official in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura as saying that the women were killed by “birdshot and stabbing attacks during
Egyptian army has blocked streets leading to the Republican Guard House in Cairo, to stop supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi from reaching the building, Al Arabiya reported Friday. Egyptian television reported earlier that Morsi supporters were marching to the Republican Guard House. A military spokesman warned them against violence. The Defense Ministry
Two civilians were killed and a third wounded on Friday when suspected Islamist militants fired RPG rockets at an army checkpoint in el-Arish in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula, Al Arabiya correspondent reported from Sinai. The assailants hit a residential house by mistake, and one of those killed had his legs and head blown off
Mohammed Mursi’s Islamist backers planned rallies in Egypt on Friday for his reinstatement, as his army-appointed successor said opponents wanted to plunge the country into “the unknown” and the military vowed to confront violent protests. The Islamists were to begin their pro-Mursi protests after weekly Friday prayers from 18 mosques across the capital,
British counter-terrorism police said Friday they had found evidence of a three-week-old explosion outside a mosque in central England, one of a spate of similar attacks in recent months. The Wolverhampton central mosque was evacuated on Thursday night following the arrest of two Ukrainian men suspected of involvement in explosions at two
Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour, on Thursday vowed to protect the country from those who “want to drive Egypt to chaos,” in reference to continuous protests by supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi, reported Al Arabiya. In his first speech to the nation, Mansour said Egypt is going through a decisive stage in its
