Associated Press sued a New Jersey police department on Monday over its denial of a request for information stemming from a secret spying effort by New York's police department against Muslims. The lawsuit claims the New Brunswick Police Department violated state open-records laws when it denied a request for 911 calls and radio recordings
The entire population of Tel Aviv would be evacuated if unconventional missiles were to strike the city, a Home Front officer told the AFP news agency in an interview. Colonel Adam Zusman, chief of the Home Front Command in metropolitan Tel Aviv, told the interviewer, "In case of a missile attack on the center
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s sons Alaa and Gamal will face a new trial on July 9 on corruption charges after they were acquitted by another court, the official MENA news agency reported on Tuesday. Alaa and Gamal, who are held in prison pending the trial, are accused of insider trading in Egypt’s stock
Iranian state-run media has published a commentary that stated, "The Islamic world should rise up and shout that a nuclear bomb is our right.” The regime under Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has constantly stated that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. The commentary was published by Fars News Agency, which is run
Tunisia's ruling Islamist party has "violated" the Quran by accepting a constitution that is not based solely on Islamic law, Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has said in a new message. A 12-minute Al Qaeda audio-tape posted on jihadist websites accused Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party of being a western stooge that "allows nudist beaches
New York City principal has pulled the plug on patriotism by preventing students from singing "God Bless the USA" at their graduation. The decision has sparked fireworks at a school filled
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was defibrillated twice after his heart stopped on Monday, a prison hospital source told AFP. According to the source, Mubarak's “heart stopped twice. Doctors had to use a defibrillator. He has been in and out of consciousness and has been refusing food.” Earlier, an interior ministry source told
Palestinian officials voiced concern about possible concessions by the Vatican ahead of talks on Tuesday between Israel and the Holy See on the status of Catholic Church property in Jerusalem. The Palestinians said a copy of an alleged draft agreement prepared for the talks, which could not be independently verified, reportedly includes an implicit
A gang of robbers invaded two villages in northern Nigeria on Monday in an apparent revenge attack, slitting some residents’ throats and shooting others, leaving 23 dead, police said. “They went door-to-door shooting villagers and in some cases slitting their throats with knives,” the police source said on condition of anonymity because he was
The father of the Al-Qaeda linked terrorist who murdered a rabbi and three Jewish children in Toulouse, France has filed suit against police who killed him. Mohammed Benalal Merah accused police of murdering his son in a standoff 30 hours after Mohamed Merah refused to give himself up and instead was killed when he
