Sheikh Ahmed al-Mahalawi, born in 1952, is a graduate of al-Azhar and worked as preacher at the Ministry of Endowments, then moved to Alexandria and took charge of al-Qaed Ibrahim mosque.
The daughter of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, Aisha, is seeking political asylum in Israel, a report says.
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused his Gulf Arab rivals of being "pawns" and "playing in a US plot."
The survey by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics estimated some 1.6 million Palestinians live in the Gaza Strip and about 2.6 million in the occupied West Bank, including east Jerusalem.
The security situation in south Lebanon remains poor as a third bombing in Tyre destroys a waterfront restaurant.
Col. Hermoni of the IDF southern brigade says Hamas won't react to IDF targeted killings because it wants to 'maintain peace.'
The speeches differ in purpose and content, but one thing is common between them: They all came as a reaction to the people’s unexpected decision to demand that their leaders step down.
Condemning the Christmas Day bombings in Nigeria as senseless is self delusion. There is method to Boko Haram's madness.
Islamist parties have done well in elections this year after uprisings which overthrew leaders of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.
Iran still planning to execute Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, but is debating how to do it.
