Arab States will continue in their push to single Israel out for criticism at this week's UN nuclear agency meeting, defying western calls to refrain from doing so, according to a senior Arab League representative. Frustrated over the indefinite postponement last year of an international conference on banning atomic arms in the region,
Lebanon’s government has announced that it will send the national army to secure Hezbollah-dominated suburbs in the south of the country, including the terrorist movement’s stronghold in the Dahiyeh neighborhood of Beirut. The decision to send soldiers into Lebanese cities comes in the wake of multiple recent bombing attacks. The attacks have left more
Israel's Deputy Defense Minister has called on the Israeli government to "annul the Oslo Accords," and adopt an alternative to the much-touted "Two State Solution" which would see the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. In an op-ed for the New York Times, MK Danny Danon insists that, twenty
Military sources in Yemen have said that at least 40 policemen and soldiers have been killed in the south of the country in simultaneous attacks by Al Qaeda. One Al Qaeda assault targeted a special forces camp at Maifaa in the Shabwa province, killing eight policemen, at the same time as gunmen attacked two
A double bombing at a historic Christian church in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 75 people. The bomber struck as hundreds of worshipers walked out of church toward a food distribution area on the lawn outside. The attack is one of the deadliest to target Pakistan’s Christian minority in years. No group
President Hassan Rowhani said Sunday that Western governments must recognise Iran's right to enrich uranium in any deal to allay their concerns about its nuclear programme. Rowhani said that should extend to "all rights of the Iranian nation, particularly nuclear rights and the right to enrich uranium on its territory within the framework
In a controversial ruling that is bound to anger Bangladeshi Islamists, the country's Supreme Court has sentenced a leading Islamist figure to death by hanging, for crimes he committed during the Bangladesh's struggle for independence against Pakistan. 65 year-old Abdul Quader Molla is the fourth-highest leader of the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party and
Somali al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group al-Shabaab have claimed responsibility for an attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi on Saturday that killed 30 people, saying on Twitter that it was in retaliation for Kenya’s military intervention in Somalia. “The Mujahideen entered #Westgate Mall today at around noon and are still inside the mall, fighting the #Kenyan
Tunisia's women's ministry said Saturday it would come up with a plan to counter the growing number of women travelling to Syria to wage so-called "sex jihad" by comforting militants. "The ministry intends to boost its cooperation with both government and non-government bodies on this issue to come up with appropriate ways to
An Egyptian Police general has been killed in a fiercely fought gun battle on Friday which saw the military regain control of an Islamist-held town. Kerdassa, situated to the west of the Capital Cairo, had been controlled by Muslim Brotherhood supporters. The raid on the town follows the killing of 11 police officers
