Against the backdrop of debate in Israel of what to do with the thousands of African refugees in Israel and those that continue to pour into the country, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, a larger problem is looming – before they reach the border with Israel these refugees face kidnapping by criminal gangs in Sinai
Doctors are the latest workers on strike in wave of industrial action under the government of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Thursday (November 1). Medical professionals from the country’s run-down public health system renewed a partial strike demanding better pay and work conditions, after a temporary suspension over Eid, and are threatening mass resignations
A new wave of radical Islamist attacks has prompted Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki to extend the country's state of emergency through January. "Marzouki decided Wednesday to extend the state of emergency by three months from November 2012,” announced the official TAP news agency. According to the statement, the extension was recommended by military and
“Anti-Semitism and what might be called anti-Israelism have intermingled in Egypt for many decades. Attacks on Israel often use the most depraved anti-Semitic clichés. Israel and the Jewish people are also attacked separately, even though many Egyptians consider Israel and the Jews as one and the same. “These hate phenomena continue to flourish now
The Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Fereidoun Abbasi, said this week that Iran is completing its nuclear activities, the Fars news agency reported. Asked about recent media reports on Iran's new centrifuges in the Fordow uranium enrichment facility, Abbasi told reporters at the end of a cabinet meeting in Tehran on
State-owned Iranian news outlet Press TV claims that U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Charles M. Gaouette, head of the John C. Stennis carrier group, who has been recalled for “inappropriate leadership judgment,” was part of a plot to overthrow the U.S. government if Barack Obama should be re-elected as president. "The decision was made based
The “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Authority” group , in Egypt’s eastern city of Suez has attacked a man for not allowing them to use his private toilet and ordered to cut his brother tongue for “cursing” Islam. Ahmed Gharib, this week told the online newspaper, al-Mowjaz, that the problem started as
A truck transporting fuel exploded Thursday in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, killing approximately ten people and wounding some 50 others, Al-Arabiya reported. The explosion took place at a busy intersection in the eastern part of Riyadh when the driver hit a bridge on top of Shaikh Jaber road. The accident damaged several
The United States said on Wednesday it was monitoring a visit by two Iranian warships to a Sudanese port this week, but had no details about it, AFP reported. The warships left Port Sudan on the Red Sea earlier, after a visit that coincided with Khartoum's denial that Iran is making weapons in Sudan.
The father of ex-Marine Tyrone Woods gave an emotional interview to Fox News' Sean Hannity Monday, in which he blamed the White House for refusing to send help to the U.S. consular compound in Benghazi when it came under a terror attack September 11. Tyrone disobeyed orders to stand down and came to the assistance
