Bahrain refers 47 medics to military court
DUBAI: Bahraini authorities have referred 47 medics to a military court after accusing them of abusing their posts to take part in anti-regime protests that were crushed in March. The…
Israeli PM takes Hamas fight to Europe
LONDON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to convince his British counterpart David Cameron Wednesday that a deal between the two Palestinian factions would be disastrous for Middle East…
Syria charges hundreds with ‘degrading the state’
AMMAN: Hundreds of Syrians have been charged with "degrading the prestige of the state", a Syrian rights group said, in President Bashar Al-Assad's drive to crush pro-democracy protests against his…
Two very daring musicals lead the Tony Awards race
Who says Broadway won't take a risk? "The Book of Mormon" and "The Scottsboro Boys" — two very different musicals with very different fates — have emerged with the most…
Qaddafi caricature flourishes in rebel capital Benghazi
Moammar Qaddafi pumping petrol into a winged camel, Qaddafi with the tail of a snake and a forked tongue, Qaddafi as Dracula. The flamboyant Libyan strongman is fuelling a flourishing…
Mass Comm students accuse university officials of attempted murder
CAIRO: Students from mass communication faculty at Cairo University filed a complaint to the Prosecutor General on Tuesday accusing university officials of attempted murder and inciting thugs to attack peaceful…
Bin Laden unarmed when shot dead: US
WASHINGTON: The United States revealed that Osama bin Laden was unarmed when US commandos shot him dead and that Pakistani authorities were kept in the dark because they might have…
China says US report on religious policy biased
BEIJING: A US commission that accused Beijing of restricting religious freedom is biased and is meddling in China's internal affairs, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said…
Media coalition launched to protect freedoms, pen legislations
CAIRO: In order to defend media freedoms and help pen related legislations, A number of media activists and human rights organizations launched Tuesday the National Coalition for Media Freedom (NCMF).…
2,500 activists, officials, politicians to attend ‘First Conference of Egypt’
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: An estimate of 2,500 youth activists, political party members and others will participate in the “First Conference of Egypt: The People Protecting their Revolution” scheduled for Saturday,…