Security forces confiscate issue of rights group’s publication
AHNRI head says security forces claimed WASLA was Muslim Brotherhood-linked
Egypt continues to lobby against nuclear weapons
Egypt pushes for international treaty banning production of fissile material for nuclear weapons
Bomb kills 11 as Afghan election contestants claim fraud
Eleven voters in the western province of Herat had their fingers – which were dipped in ink to register their ballot – cut off by insurgents.
In Pictures: Demonstrators rally against sexual harassment
Several hundred demonstrators—both men and women, Egyptians and foreigners—gathered outside the Cairo Opera House in Gezira to protest against the ongoing phenomenon of sexual harassment and sexual assault in…
Syria government retakes strategic town on Turkey border: State TV
AFP - Syrian government forces on Sunday recaptured the strategic town of Kasab, near the only border crossing with Turkey in northwestern province of Latakia, state television reported. “Units from…
South Sudan crisis ‘deteriorates’ after six months of war
War in the young nation has already killed thousands and forced more than 1.5 million people from their homes, and aid agencies warn of the risk of famine should fighting…
Iraq presses counter-offensive as US deploys warship
The militants, spearheaded by the powerful jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), have overrun all of one province and chunks of three more since they launched their…
Government shuts down Seoudi, Zad supermarkets
Chains closed for affiliation with Muslim Brotherhood
Israel PM says Hamas responsible for teens’ kidnapping
Israel broadened the search for three teenagers believed kidnapped by militants, arresting 80 Palestinians overnight and imposing a tight closure on the Hebron.