A child and another person died Friday in clashes between supporters and opponents of Egypt’s ousted president in Cairo, state news agency MENA said, as Mohamed Mursi’s backers protested in several cities. The 12-year-old boy and a man died in Cairo’s southern Giza neighborhood, MENA quoted emergency services as saying. Protesters with firearms
The Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood will announce the formation of a political party on Nov. 12 with the party’s deputy leader set to be a Christian, the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Friday. The new party will be named the National Constitution and Freedom Party and will be known by the
Appearing on Erick Stakelbeck's The Watchman show this week, Arutz Sheva strategic analyst Mark Langfan predicted that once Iran achieves nuclear weapons capability, it will first attack the eastern Saudi oil fields. One Iranian EMP nuclear bomb can knock out the Saudi and American defenses in Saudi Arabia, said Langfan. An EMP, or electro-magnetic
The Pakistani Taliban vowed on Friday they would orchestrate a wave of revenge attacks against Islamabad after naming hardline commander Mullah Fazlullah as their new leader, Reuters reported. “We will target security forces, government installations, political leaders and police,” Asmatullah Shaheen, head of the shura, told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.
On Monday deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was flown from his prison to stand trial for high treason and other suspected crimes. During course of this trial, alliances and connections could be revealed that incriminate foreign powers, in particular the US, that publicly claim to keep their hands clean of terrorist activity. As
For the first time ever, the New York Times had a front page story about how Hamas is brainwashing its high school students into hating Israel by having them read textbooks with false, defamatory, and one-sided narratives. According to Fares Akram and Jodi Rudoren, “The books used by 55,000 (Palestinian) children in eighth to
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is not happy with the verdict that absolved MK Avigdor Lieberman of guilt in the criminal case against him Wednesday morning. Senior PA official Nabil Shaath told Maariv: "Although the militant line is already leading the government, there is no doubt that Lieberman's return to the position of foreign minister
On Saturday, Russian news agency RT reported that the "Varyag," flagship of Russia's Pacific Fleet, and "Pyotr Veliky" ("Peter the Great"), the nation's most powerful nuclear-powered battleship, were moved into the Mediterranean Sea. The Varyag, which has been dubbed the "aircraft carrier killer," will perform a number of maneuvers, some in coordination with the
Livni's statements ensure a stalemate and an ensuing imposed agreement. Israeli Justice Minister and chief negotiator Tzipi Livni might not know it, but she is a better advocate for the right-wing in Israel than almost any other Israeli right-wing politician today. Tzipi Livni's desire to create a "West Bank" Palestinian Arab State with
Another sign that the British government has stepped up its Islamic finance proposition to a potentially important new level is the establishment by the UK government of the Global Islamic Finance and Investment Group (GIFIG), comprising financial regulators and chief executives from the OIC countries. UK Financial Secretary to the Treasury Sajid Javid who
