Sudanese president sworn in after election win
KHARTOUM, Sudan: Sudan's president was sworn in on Thursday for another five-year term after an election marred by boycotts and fraud allegations — the only head of state to be…
36 residents of El-Shammasa village detained for 15 days
CAIRO: Attorney General of the North Damanhour prosecution office ordered the detainment of 36 people from El Shammasa village, Beheira, pending investigations into clashes with the police. Attorney General Hani…
Mauritania death sentences may not deter terrorists
NOUAKCHOTT: The death sentences handed down to three Al-Qaeda members sets a new precedent in Mauritania but may not deter Islamic militants whose presence is growing in the country, commentators…
Israel prepares to intercept activist aid boats to Gaza
ASHDOD: Israel on Thursday said a flotilla of activist aid boats bound for Gaza was a "cheap political stunt" as it unveiled a port facility where it intends to divert…
Amnesty backs world court, slams global injustice
LONDON: Amnesty called Thursday for the US, China and Russia to sign up to the International Criminal Court, in a hard-hitting report alleging powerful governments have blocked advances in global…
Nuclear powers, non-aligned clash at nuclear conference
UNITED NATIONS: The rift between non-aligned states and nuclear powers opened wide Wednesday at a UN non-proliferation conference, diplomats attending the meeting told AFP. In the closing days of a…
Pakistan lifts ban on YouTube, blocks 1,200 web pages
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan restored access to popular video sharing website YouTube, but 1,200 web pages remained blocked Thursday as a row about "blasphemous" content on the Internet rumbled into a second…
Turkey chides US in Iran row, urges support for swap deal
ANKARA: Turkey insisted Thursday that rejecting a nuclear swap deal with Iran would be unreasonable and said that a US push for fresh sanctions on Tehran was creating an "absurd…
Sudan's Beshir vows dialogue with West despite ICC warrant
KHARTOUM: Veteran Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir vowed on Thursday to engage with the West despite an International Criminal Court warrant hanging over him, as he was sworn in to a…
Britain vows arrest rules change after Israel row
LONDON: New Foreign Secretary William Hague vowed Thursday to "act speedily" to change the way arrests are ordered under international law in Britain, after a row over visits by Israeli…
