A State Department official refused Monday to call an attack on a U.S. mission in Libya in which four Americans were killed “an act of terror,” saying a full investigation had to be completed first. U.S. and Libyan officials have offered widely differing accounts about Tuesday’s assault on the Benghazi mission, on the anniversary
Iran should provide an an official explanation as to why members of its Revolutionary Guards have been sent to Lebanon, President Michel Sleiman demanded on Monday. On Sunday, the Guards commander said members of his elite special operations unit, the Quds Force, were in Syria and Lebanon but only to provide “counsel.” “President
Google has begun barring access in Malaysia to an anti-Islamic film that has sparked fury across the Muslim world after the country’s Internet regulator lodged an official complaint. The low-budget movie, entitled ‘Innocence of Muslims’, has angered followers of Islam for its mocking of the Prophet Mohammed, and for portraying Muslims as immoral and gratuitously
An Iranian foundation has raised the bounty for the head of Salman Rushdie to $3.3 million, saying had the British Indian novelist been killed for blasphemy an anti-Islam film currently enraging Muslims would never have been made. Iranian media quoted Hassan Sane’i, a cleric heading the 15 of Khordad Foundation, as saying in a
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has arrived in Cairo on Sunday for talks with President Mohammed Mursi, the presidency said. Bashir was met at Cairo’s airport by Vice President Mahmud Mekki and was due to hold talks with Mursi later in the day. The two-day visit
The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday warned of retaliation against the Gulf's strategic Strait of Hormuz, U.S. bases in the Middle East and Israel if his country was to be attacked. According to a report by AFP, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, speaking in a very rare news conference in Tehran, also said
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu insisted once again on Sunday there must be "red lines" on halting Iran's nuclear ambitions, a stance the United States has rejected, AFP reported. “They're moving very rapidly to completing the enrichment of the uranium that they need to produce a nuclear bomb. In six months or so they'll be
Three Egyptian security officers were wounded Sunday morning in a surprise attack by jihadists on Egyptian government headquarters in northern Sinai. The terrorists shelled the security base with a barrage of heavy artillery, firing mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. The attack apparently came in response to an assault in the wee hours
One of the American diplomats who was killed Tuesday at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, said in an online gaming forum hours prior to the brutal assault that he had seen suspicious people taking pictures outside his compound and wondered if he and his team might "die tonight." Sean Smith, a foreign service
An attack in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Saturday, claimed by the Afghan Taliban, was an act of revenge for a film that insults Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. At least two U.S. Marines died when militants attacked the perimeter of the Camp Bastion in Helmand province with mortar, rocket-propelled grenade and small fire
