Israelis see Obama as pro-Palestinian: poll – Poll
JERUSALEM: Forty-six percent of Israelis believe US President Barack Obama is more pro-Palestinian than pro-Israeli, according to an opinion poll published by the English-language Jerusalem Post on Friday. Only 10…
No freedom, no rights’ for Syrians under Assad, says HRW
NEW YORK: During a decade in power, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has not delivered on promises of greater freedoms or rights for his people, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.…
Saudi Arabia Moves to Regulate Child Marriages
RIYADH: It's an almost weekly occurrence. Saudi citizens sit down for their morning coffee or tea, open the newspaper and read a story, sometimes highly censored, about a child marriage.…
Expulsion of Darfur aid chiefs hurts Sudanese people, says EU
BRUSSELS: The European Union expressed regret on Friday over the expulsion ordered against two top aid officials in Darfur and urged Sudan to protect humanitarian groups in the strife-torn region.…
Somalia erupts into Uganda election campaign
KAMPALA: Deadly bombings in Kampala have invited Somalia into Uganda's election campaign, with veteran President Yoweri Museveni vowing to go for broke and his political rivals warning against adventurism. Somalia's…
Egyptian militant’s NY lawyer gets 10-year term in terrorism case
NEW YORK: A 70-year-old civil rights lawyer was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison in a terrorism case by a judge who boosted her original sentence by nearly eight…
Muslim Brotherhood trial postponed
CAIRO: Egypt's state news agency says an emergency court has postponed the trial of five members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group after one defendant suffered heart troubles. The members…
Libyan Gaza aid ship unloading in Egypt
AL-ARISH: A Libyan ship that failed to break Israel's Gaza blockade was being unloaded in the Egyptian port of Al-Arish on Friday, a day after docking there, an AFP correspondent…
Editor in court Sunday for ‘inciting public opinion’ against real estate tax
CAIRO: Wael El-Ebrashi, editor-in-chief of independent Sawt El-Umma newspaper, will stand trial Sunday before the North Giza Criminal Court for charges of inciting public opinion against the new real…
Tanzania: Adventures in Africa for first timers
Say the word “Tanzania” and the connotations are many: safari, beaches, history. And that’s a good prompt from which to ponder what to expect from a first trip to East…