Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood general guide Mohammad Badie will stand trial in a second case regarding clashes in which several demonstrators were killed, judicial sources told AFP. Several top figures in the Brotherhood, the group from which ousted President Mohammad Mursi hails, will stand trial along with Badie at a date that is yet to be
The “Arab Spring” has turned into an “Arab Tsunami,” said former head of military intelligence, Aharon-Ze'evi Farkash. Farkash was speaking Sunday at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism's (ICT) World Summit on Counter-Terrorism, taking place at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), He continued to posit that restive populations in the Arab world were bringing their
Syrian president Bashar Assad claims there is no evidence he is responsible for the deadly gas attacks the US government claims left 1,429 people dead, including 426 children. In an exclusive interview with Charlie Rose of PBS, Assad said: "There has been no evidence that I used chemical weapons against my own people."
Four Bangladeshi bloggers are facing up to seven years in jail after they were charged in court Sunday with defaming Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, a prosecutor told AFP. The four men, who deny the charges, were arrested earlier this year in the wake of nationwide protests in which Islamic groups demanded the
A Sudanese woman says she is prepared to be flogged to defend the right to leave her hair uncovered in defiance of a “Taliban”-like law. Amira Osman Hamed faces a possible whipping if convicted at a trial which could come on September 19. Under Sudanese law her hair - and that of all
Tens of thousands of Tunisians took to the streets this weekend calling for the Islamist-led government to step down. Protesters chanted slogans opposing the leading Ennahda party and waved Tunisian flags. The protest came at the end of the traditional Muslim 40-day mourning period for MP Mohammed Brahmi, an secular opposition leader who was
The US military is planning a more extensive military operation against regime targets in Syria than had been previously planned, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. Unnamed "US officers" told the paper that the Pentagon is drawing up plans for 3 days of strikes against a list of targets significantly longer
An intelligence report prepared by a European country has found that Syrian President Bashar Assad has handed control of missile installations over to foreign fighters, Lebanon’s A-Nahar reports. Assad has reportedly put control into the hands of Hezbollah and Iranian units. Those two groups would be in charge of leading a counter-attack if
Egypt closed the Rafiah crossing with Gaza on Saturday, citing "security concerns" following a crackdown on Sinai terrorists, reports the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency. The Palestinian Authority’s crossings director, Maher Abu Sabha, told Ma'an that the crossing would be closed indefinitely following unrest in the Sinai peninsula. Around 50 travelers managed to
The Egyptian military is mounting what is reportedly its largest operation in the Sinai Peninsula since the 1973 Yom Kippur War – as part of a struggle against islamist terrorists. At least 30 people are said to have been killed in the operation, which began Saturday morning. According to the Bethlehem-based Maan news agency,
