A 10-year-old German boy discovered what may be an ancient Egyptian mummy hidden in a corner of his grandmother’s attic, reported The Telegraph. Alexander Kettler found the “mummy” inside a sarcophagus covered with hieroglyphics while searching around his grandmother’s flat in Diepholz, northern Germany. It was unclear if the item was a
The international community must make it clear to Iran that it has only two options: end its nuclear program voluntarily, or “see it destroyed with brute force,” Minister of Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz has said, speaking to the Washington Post. Demolishing Iran’s nuclear program by force is entirely possible, he said, estimating that
Naglaa Morsi, the wife of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, made a surprise appearance Thursday night at a rally in Morsi’s support. Naglaa told the crowds that her husband would return to power. “He is coming back, if Allah wills it,” she declared. Morsi’s supporters chanted, “Returning! Returning!” in response. Thursday night
Saudi Arabia arrested two men suspected of plotting terror attacks on Thursday, and a Saudi official said the arrest is connected to the recent closure of Western embassies in the region. According to the official Saudi Arabian SPA news agency, the two suspects were planning suicide attacks in the Kingdom. They were arrested for
On 19 July 2013, Martin E. Dempsey, the Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered an unclassified letter to Senator Carl Levin concerning the risks of US military intervention in Syria. http://www.levin.senate.gov/download/?id=f3dce1d1-a4ba-4ad1-a8d2-c47d943b1db6. While the letter is was ostensibly delivered to the Senate, it actually delivered the equivalent to ten American thermonuclear bombs
A coalition of Tunisian opposition parties intends to propose next week a cabinet of independents to end the political crisis shaking the country, one of their number said Saturday. “The National Salvation Front will continue to work toward a government of national salvation and make its proposals on independent figures to constitute it
An al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group active in the Sinai Peninsula says its fighters were the target of a rare Israeli drone strike into Egyptian territory on Friday, according to the Associated Press. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, in a statement posted on a militant website Saturday, said that four of its members were killed in the
A 28 year old Arab housewife has been arrested after allegedly racking up nearly 1 million dirhams in fines, website 7 Days in Dubai reported on Thursday. The fines came to a total of 928,000 dirhams ($252,648) – the largest amount a woman driver has ever run up in the UAE, according to
A distraught Polish-born woman donned a burka to travel to Egypt and retrieve her three-year-old daughter who had been snatched by her Egyptian father, British newspaper the Daily Mail reported on Monday. Alex Abou-El-Ella from Berkshire in England, risked her safety to rescue her young daughter, Mona, two years after the girl was kidnapped
Security forces in the Upper Egypt governorate of Qena have recovered six ancient golden statues from two men, a local news agency reported Thursday. The men, whose identities were not revealed, were traveling from the governorate of Asyut to Qena, 800 kilometers south of the capital Cairo. The items, which vary in
