Security authorities in Cairo have found Zahraa al-Bughaishi, one of the female bodyguards of former Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi, stabbed to death in her apartment in Nasr City, amidst speculations that “honour” was probably the motif behind the killing. Bughaishi was found slain in her apartment, according to her sister, who said that the
IAF aircraft conducted several airstrikes in Gaza on Monday night, hitting at least three targets. According to a statement by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, the aircraft struck two rocket launching sites in northern Gaza and a weapons storage site in central Gaza. The attack, noted the statement, is a response to the continued rocket
U.S. President Barack Obama told Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday that his administration opposes his bid for non-state membership of the UN, both sides said, according to an AFP report. "There was a long telephone conversation between president Mahmoud Abbas and Barack Obama," Abbas’s spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina told AFP. "Obama
Former Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan warned of a severe financial crisis to hit the country if serious steps are not taken to salvage the collapsing economy. “Foreign investment in Egypt is now at zero percent,” he told Al Arabiya. “In fact, investment outside Egypt has reached two billion dollars.” Radwan said the
An Egyptian jihad leader, with self-professed links to the Taliban, called for the “destruction of the Sphinx and the Giza Pyramids in Egypt,” drawing ties between the Egyptian relics and Buddha statues, local media reported this week. Murgan Salem al-Gohary, an Islamist leader twice-sentenced under former President Hosni Mubarak for advocating violence, called on
Muhammad al-Zawahiri, the younger brother of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, said that news reports suggesting that his Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is planning to establish an Islamic emirate in Sinai were inaccurate and were misleading the public. In statements to Al Arabiya, Zawahiri denied that his group was “Takfiri,” meaning that it accuses
Minister Moshe Yaalon (Likud) said Sunday that Israel does not intend to maintain restraint in the face of the intense rocket attacks from Gaza. "If the terror organizations do not cease their fire we will be prepared to toughen our response as much as necessary, until they say 'enough!'," he said. "There is
A direct strike on a home in Sderot was reported after 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening, as Gaza terrorists continued to fire a barrage of missiles at Israeli civilian men, women and children. Initial reports said no one was injured despite the direct hit. Many of the rockets fired Sunday were timed for the
In the aftermath of a divisive election in which some campaigns devolved into harsh recriminations and ugly personal attacks, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a statement calling on political leaders in Washington, D.C. to strive for "a new day of civility and compromise" and to unite in order to benefit the common good. ADL
Marking President Barack Obama’s re-election victory, an Arab parody Twitter account tweeted that the president will be slaughtering a sheep as ‘sacrifice’ in celebration of his recent triumph, Al-Arabiya News reported. The Twitter presidential impersonator, who has requested to remain anonymous, announced, upon first hearing the election results, "All Sheikhs from U.S. States and
