Libya is seeking to revise existing legislation to make it conform more to Islamic sharia law, a justice ministry document obtained by AFP shows. The text announces the establishment of a “committee charged with revising current legislation and to propose amendments that would not contradict the fundamental rules and regulations of Islamic law.”
Egypt’s Former Egyptian Minister of Supply Bassem Ouda, also member of the Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested on Tuesday, police sources said on Tuesday. Ouda was captured inside a soap factory in Wadi Natrun, northeast of Cairo, according to the police. Following the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood affiliated President Mohammad Mursi by the
The White House warned Congress on Tuesday that imposing tougher sanctions on Iran could lead to “war” by leaving the president only with the option to use force to halt Tehran’s nuclear program. “The American people do not want a march to war,” spokesman Jay Carney said, in a significant stiffening of U.S. rhetoric
The arrest and expulsion of an Egyptian man over an alleged "offense to Islam" has sparked riots, in the run up to a Muslim religious holiday. Soror Hassan Srour, an Egyptian citizen who worked at American oil company Baker Hughes in the oil production department, has been expelled from Iraq after being accused of
Israeli security sources claimed Tuesday that Iran's controversial nuclear program has cost the country $170 billion, mostly due to economic sanctions. Of the $170 billion price tag, $40 billion were "invested over the past 20 years in the construction and operation of nuclear infrastructure," the sources told AFP. They said Iran
A soldier has died after an Arab terrorist stabbed him in the neck and upper body in the Central Bus Station at Afula, in northern Israel, Wednesday. The attack took place inside a bus. "The Israeli soldier who was stabbed this morning by a Palestinian on a bus at the Afula bus station has
A spokesman of the Al-Qassam Brigade military branch of Hamas recently expressed the organization's intentions to continue attacking Israel, promising that the Hamas terrorists will continue working in secret to dig new terror tunnels and continue fighting against the "occupation." Just last Thursday 5 IDF soldiers were wounded in a clash with Hamas while
Belgium said Saturday it had raised the standing of a Palestinian diplomatic delegation to the country to “mission” status in a show of commitment to a two-state solution in the Middle East. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders confirmed the change from “general delegation” to “mission” after signing an agreement during a bilateral meeting with
A son of Suriname’s president invited people he thought were from the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah to set up a base in his country to attack Americans in exchange for millions of U.S. dollars, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday. Federal prosecutors who already were pursuing drug charges against Dino Bouterse, a son of Suriname
U.S. President Barack Obama thinks that a deal with Iran over its nuclear program is better than a confrontation with the Islamic Republic. Obama made the comments on Thursday in an interview with NBC News, which came amid rampant rumors that a deal was imminent between the West and Iran over its nuclear program.
