A policeman was killed Sunday and an army officer was wounded in Egypt's city of Port Said, the army said, after the authorities decided to move prisoners awaiting a verdict over alleged involvement in a deadly soccer riot. AFP quoted the Egyptian military as having said the policeman died and the military officer was
More than seven weeks into its intervention to root out Islamist rebels in Mali, the French army keeps a tight lid on details of the operation -- a policy some call a public relations fumble. Instead of using the chance to portray itself in a good light, the military is keeping the public in
When Israel says that all options are on the table regarding stopping a nuclear Iran, it means what it says, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said at the AIPAC 2013 conference on Sunday night. “It is an indescribable feeling to be surrounded by so many friends in the capital of the world’s greatest democracy,” Barak
In his address to the AIPAC 2013 conference Monday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had some advice for his American listeners: “Don't adopt Israel's system of government.” Netanyahu said that he would have liked to be at the conference, instead of speaking to the audience via video hookup, but “I am stuck here in Israel working
Iranian female activists have taken a bold move to protest against the hijab (head cover) in Stockholm this week, shedding most of their clothes and painting slogans on their bodies in an effort to get their message across. The activists, following in the footsteps of the Ukrainian FEMEN movement – of which infamous Egyptian
At least six people were killed after violence broke out on Monday afternoon between police and protesters near the security headquarters in Egypt’s canal city of Port Said. Footage from the scene showed the security building torched along with protesters throwing petrol bombs at police under clouds of tear gas. The blaze sent plumes
The plight of Egypt's 8-10 million Christians continues to worsen as the Arab Spring-turned-Islamic Revolution continues to bring Sharia Law more into the mainstream across the region. Over the weekend, Dr. Ashraf Ramelah, director of Voice of the Copts, an organization that seeks to highlight the suffering of Egyptian Christians, reported that 100 Egyptian
Iran is adding thousands of advanced centrifuges to further enrich uranium into nuclear fuel, Tehran's state-run media reported Sunday. Some 3,000 centrifuges are being built, according to the report, which said the equipment is being installed at the Natanz nuclear plant. This is the first time officials have announced details about the number of
The Egyptian military have denied reports the army clashed with police forces in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on Sunday night, in a Facebook message posted by an official army spokesperson. Colonel Ahmed Ali, issued a statement on his Facebook page on Sunday night denying the reports. "It is completely untrue
The former Al Qaeda terrorist mastermind of an attack in January on an Algerian gas field has been killed in a military assault in Mali. Military spokesperson General Zacharia Gobongue announced in a statement on Chad national television Saturday that Belmokhtar died in an assault that “completely destroyed the main base used by jihadists
