Two Coptic Christian children, aged 10 and 9, have been arrested for insulting religion in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Beni Suef, Ahram Online reported on Wednesday. According to the report, the two children were arrested on Tuesday after the imam of their local mosque filed a complaint against them. By order of
President Mohamed Mursi came to power with ambitious plans to solve the country’s woes, but his first 100 days have left Egyptians divided over his achievements so far. Some say he is off to a good start, others say he has dashed their hopes of tangible change, while still others praise his defiance of
Syrian state TV launched a fierce campaign against Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal and Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi owing to their support of the revolution against Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Following their attendance of a conference organized by the ruling Turkish Justice and Development Party, both Meshaal and Mursi were described in the evening news
France on Wednesday presented plans for a new anti-terrorism law that will allow authorities to prosecute citizens who attend militant Islamist training camps abroad. The move comes six months after Mohamed Merah, a French citizen who claimed to have attended al-Qaeda-style training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan, killed seven people in a wave of
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied news reports that international sanctions are crippling his country's economy. The president claimed that against what is being reported, Iran has actually been coping with the economic sanctions and that the impact from diminishing oil earnings is being softened by the central banks supplying hard currency to finance imports.
The rotten fruits of the Arab Spring revolts have been poor economies, according to Arab Monetary Fund director Jassem al-Mannai. The fund cited the timing of the revolutions, following the global financial crisis. "These countries have started to suffer from severe contraction in growth, an alarming rise in unemployment rates ... a deterioration in
A senior Iranian foreign ministry official mocked on Sunday Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's over his bomb diagram during his UN speech last week. Addressing a ceremony in Iran's southern city of Kangan on Sunday, Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates' Affairs Hassan Qashqavi said, according to the Fars news agency, “The fake
A new Hizbullah video highlights the terrorist organization's latest campaign - “liberating the Galilee.” On the agenda is Hizbullah's conquering of key sites and cities like tourist centers, refineries, and the Haifa port. The video was posted on a Hizbullah site Monday, the same day that Israeli Arab politicians led a protest commemorating the
Thousands of Arabs protested on Monday on the 12th anniversary of the “Israeli Arab intifada,” in which Arabs rioting in northern Israel in October 2000 faced off against police and security forces. Twelve Arabs were killed during those riots. The 2000 riots, in Nazareth and other largely Arab towns in northern Israel, were held
Iran’s rial plunged at least 9 percent to a record low against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as the industry minister said he hoped security services would root out speculators whom he blamed for the drop. The rial was trading at about 37,500 to the dollar, down from around 34,200 at the close of
