Protesters attacked on Mohamed Mahmoud Street

Lawyer believes assault near Tahrir Square was an ‘action of revenge from Islamists’

Rana Allam

Happy New Year, Infidels!

Egypt is about to face an economic nuclear winter

Mahmoud Salem

Top cop kidnapped in Libya’s Benghazi

"Bearded men stopped him at a traffic light on Venezia Street and kidnapped him at gunpoint," the official said

Rana Allam

Israeli army exercise forces Palestinian evacuation

The Israeli military acknowledged issuing 24-hour evacuation orders

Rana Allam

Syria conflict kills 60,000, says UN, as clashes rage

Analysis has shown a steady increase in the average number of documented deaths per month since the beginning of the conflict

Rana Allam

From the other side

Advice to the president

Fady Salah

On hope and gratitude in 2013: the rock and the tide

I am not particularly enthusiastic about New Year’s Eve. My favourite in the last decade was in 2007/8; my wife and I watched a movie, and fell asleep at 11pm.…

H.A. Hellyer

Crude bomb found near home of Delhi rape suspect

Protests in India, which continued on Monday and on New Year's Eve, have also spilled to other parts of the world with people taking to the streets in Hong Kong,…

Liliana Mihaila

West Bank vehicle torched in ‘price tag’ attack

Palestinian security sources said about 20 settlers arrived at Qusra and threw stones at the residents' homes

Liliana Mihaila

Attacks down but Iraq in ‘low-level war’

A total of 144 people were killed across Iraq last month, including 40 policemen and 15 soldiers

Liliana Mihaila