MB’s Sobhi Saleh denies distorting Islamic teachings
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood senior member Sobhi Saleh denied accusations of defamation against women and distorting the teachings of Islam, directed against him by two lawyers in a complaint…
Thousands flee fighting in Yemen capital
SANAA: Thousands of residents were fleeing the Yemeni capital on Friday as deadly clashes between dissident tribesmen and loyalist troops raged for a fourth straight day leaving bodies littering the…
UNHCR slams Qatar’s move to return ‘raped’ Libyan woman
GENEVA: The UN refugees agency on Friday slammed Qatar's decision to send back to Libya a woman who had accused Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi's soldiers of having raped her. "Yesterday's…
Sister of former Tunisian president arrested
TUNIS: A sister of former Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali has been arrested, authorities said, making her the latest of several of his relatives to be detained since…
Pope meets Abbas amid Mideast tensions
VATICAN CITY: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas met Pope Benedict XVI on Friday amid heightened tensions across the Middle East and Vatican concern about the treatment of Christian minorities in the…
NATO raids pound Tripoli as Moscow readies peace bid
TRIPOLI: Explosions rattled the Libyan capital early Friday as Russia prepared to send an envoy on a shuttle mission to try to broker a negotiated settlement between its Cold War…
Bomb outside central Iraq mosque kills 17
TIKRIT: A bomb placed outside a mosque frequented by provincial officials in the central Iraqi city of Tikrit killed at least 17 people and wounded 50 after the main weekly…
‘First’ outbreak of mystery bacteria kills 18
BERLIN: The World Health Organization warned Thursday Europe was seeing the first outbreak of a lethal bacteria, as its death toll climbed to 18 and the first suspected cases were…
Syria forces kill 10 protesters in Hama: rights group
BEIRUT: Syrian security forces shot dead at least 10 demonstrators in Hama on Friday, Syrian rights group Sawasieh said, as protesters defied a widespread military crackdown to demand President Bashar…
Editorial: What dialogue?
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ (SCAF) almost obsessive preoccupation with “communicating with the public” stands starkly in contradiction with its complete failure to do…