Four people were killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi on Monday, one in Cairo and three to its north, security and medical sources said. Two people died in clashes in Qalyub, north of Cairo, and a third was killed when he fell under the wheels of a
As thousands of Islamists massed for a third week at Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya square, residents were beginning to lose patience with ousted president Mohamed Mursi’s supporters camped on their doorsteps. In the neighborhood of Nasr City, where the hot summer winds whip up the dust during the day, traffic grinds to a halt ahead
Black African refugees in Egypt are frustrated by ongoing racism and discrimination, particularly as they witness the assistance given to Arab refugees, the pan-Arab Aljazeera network reports. Sources told the network that they have few rights in Egypt. “Even if you’re a recognized refugee, and you have a blue card, you have no right
Syrian Kurdish rebels say they’ve captured the emir of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) – the merged organization representing the jihadist Syrian rebel groups linked to Al Qaeda in Iraq. A photo of the captured leader was posted on the Twitter mini-social networking site by the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG),
The Hamas terrorist group which controls Gaza was quick to pour cold water on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s announcement that peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority would resume. "Hamas rejects Kerry's announcement of a return to talks and considers the Palestinian Authority's return to negotiations with the occupation to be
The biggest mistake deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi made was stopping wheat imports, Egypt’s new minister of supplies said, pledging to ensure that supplies of a strategic good like wheat do not reach the critically low levels they did during Mursi’s year in office. Mohamed Abu Shadi, a 62-year-old former police general
Egyptian security forces raided the office of an Iranian TV channel in Cairo and detained its director, Ahmed al-Sioufi, the media outlet reported on Saturday. “The security forces also seized equipment and devices from the channel without giving any explanation for these actions,” the Arab language satellite channel, Al Alam, said on its website.
The director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines on Friday defended his company’s decision to discriminate against Israeli citizens by refusing to fly them from U.S. airports even when passengers are simply looking to transfer in Saudi Arabia to another country, Al Arabiya reports. Earlier this week, the New York Post reported that the airline’s
Three women died and seven other people were wounded in clashes between loyalists and opponents of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Mursi, medics said Saturday. AFP news agency cited a hospital official in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura as saying that the women were killed by “birdshot and stabbing attacks during
Egyptian army has blocked streets leading to the Republican Guard House in Cairo, to stop supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi from reaching the building, Al Arabiya reported Friday. Egyptian television reported earlier that Morsi supporters were marching to the Republican Guard House. A military spokesman warned them against violence. The Defense Ministry
