Tunisia’s interior ministry on Thursday banned demonstrations after calls by Islamists for protests to uphold sacred values after Friday prayers, ministry spokesman Khaled Tarrouche told AFP. “No march has been authorized by the ministry of the interior,” Tarrouche said, adding that “the law will be applied against all acts of violence... Some calls for
The Algerian prosecutor general filed a complaint with the Algiers court against young blogger Tareq Memari for inciting violence and calling for mass protests. Memari was arrested shortly thereafter. Memari, who could face up to three years in jail if found guilty, had posted a video on You Tube right before the recent parliamentary
Egypt constitutional court on Thursday ruled the whole Islamist-dominated parliament illegitimate, the official MENA news agency reported. “The constitutional court affirmed in the details of its verdict that the parliamentary elections were not constitutional, and the entire composition of parliament has been illegitimate since its election,” the news agency said. The explanation was
Egypt's constitutional court ruled on Thursday disqualified the country's parliament, just three days before presidential elections. The court ruled that one third of the seats in the Islamist-dominated parliament were invalid. Following this decision, Egypt's ruling military council announced that if any part of the parliament is illegal, then the entire body should be
Violence in Iraq has eased since the height of the war, but Islamist insurgents tied to al-Qaeda are still potent, often targeting Shiite pilgrims to try to reignite the sectarian tensions that drove Iraq close to civil war in 2006-2007. In Wednesday’s attacks, at least 18 people were killed when four bombs hit pilgrims
Turkey has expressed fears that the bloodshed from the growing civil war in Syria could spill over its border. “We are disturbed by the possibility that it could spread to us,” Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Naci Koru said Wednesday in an interview on state-run TRT television. More than 29,500 Syrian refugees have fled
France has refused entry to three women from Saudi Arabia who declined to take off their face veils (niqab) for immigration officials, forcing them to get a return flight, an airport source said Tuesday. The women arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha at 2:30 pm
The Palestinian Authority is making a bid to list the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem as located in the “country of Palestine.” The issue arose with the question of whether to approve the registration of the church with the World Heritage Committee at its upcoming meeting in Russia, set for June 24 to
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's condition stabilized on Tuesday, but his lawyer said the 84-year old former president does not trust his doctors in the prison hospital and fears they are out to kill him. There have been conflicting reports about Mubarak's condition since a court sentenced him to life in prison on June
Egypt’s parliament on Tuesday elected a commission tasked with drafting the country’s new constitution following last week’s agreement that capped a nearly three-month row. A joint session of the upper and lower houses of parliament elected the 100 members who will sit on the constitutional panel, though their names were not immediately made public.
