The Palestinian Authority (PA) has rejected calls by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for a so-called “third intifada” in Judea and Samaria, saying it would “not allow the West Bank to become an arena for chaos to serve a private agenda.” Asharq al-Awsat, an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London, reports that the calls
Al-Shabaab, the Somali-based terrorist group that attacked a shopping mall in Kenya, said on Wednesday that foreigners were a "legitimate target". Speaking to the Associated Press (AP), members of the group confirmed that gunmen separated Muslims from others and let the Muslims go. In an email exchange with the news agency, the
Tunisia’s Islamist-led government has agreed to step down following talks with the secular opposition. The government will meet for talks with opposition groups over the next three weeks, after which it will be replaced by a caretaker government until elections can be held. The decision follows weeks of tension and protests over the
Egypt proposed on Saturday for the Middle East, including Israel, to rid itself of all weapons of mass destruction, after the UN Security Council ordered Syria to destroy its chemical arsenal, AFP reported. Addressing the UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy called on the five permanent members of the Security Council to show
Iran's president Rouhani received a mixed welcome in Tehran after he returned from New York, where he appeared to deliver conciliatory messages toward the west. Some 100 hardline Islamists chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" as Rouhani's motorcade drew out of Tehran's Mehrabad Airport. Some protesters hurled eggs, stones and a
Pulling off the perfect bank heist isn’t as easy as the movies make it seem, especially when the robber takes aim at five banks – in the space of three weeks. This week, a 23-year-old Saudi-U.S. woman has been accused of doing just that. Ranya al-Huthaili, who was arrested earlier this month on
An al-Qaeda front group in Syria says girls in a village it controls will not be allowed to attend school unless they wear Islamic clothing, a monitoring group said Saturday. In Tweihineh, “the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant... has forbidden girls in primary education and above from attending school unless they
Egypt has received $7 billion out of the $12 billion pledged by Gulf countries, its central bank governor said on Sunday, adding he expected further support from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Of the $7 billion currently received, $3 billion was from the UAE, with a further $2 billion each from
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Saturday the transitional phase of government in Egypt should end “by next spring,” replacing leaders appointed after the army ousted elected president Mohammed Mursi in July. The Egyptian army ousted Mursi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader, on July 3 after mass protests against his one-year rule.
An Egyptian soldier was shot dead in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, security officials said, and militants released a video showing attacks against the army in the region where the state is trying to stamp out al-Qaeda-linked fighters. The soldier, a conscript, was shot while standing guard by a government building the town of
