Palestinian delegation in Cairo ahead of Arab League meeting
Minister of Foreign Affairs holding a number of meetings to discuss Palestinian situation before ministerial meeting at the Arab League
Aswan clashes leave three tourists injured
Al-Koubaneya residents clash with the police and attack two cruise-ships, in protest at prison sentences
Israel plans 170 new settler homes in Jordan Valley
The Israeli government has moved forward aggressively in recent weeks with settlement construction plans in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, prompting angry condemnation from the Palestinians, and international criticism.
Syria calls peace envoy’s mission ‘useless’
Brahimi, who last week criticised a three-step solution announced in a rare speech by Assad, "represents the Turkish, US and Gulf states' position, and is not an objective mediator," said…
Six arrested in new India bus gang-rape case
The attack is disturbingly similar to the December 16 gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in Delhi, where five men are on trial in a case that has fuelled…
Aboul Fotouh: Faults of the government do not require second revolution
Moderate Islamist leader Aboul Fotouh believes the opposition should attempt to take over through elections and denies allegations that his party sits on the fence
Italy condemns attack on Libya consul as ‘terrorism’
The incident comes four months after US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the city in an attack on the US mission there
French air strikes in Mali continue for third day
French air power helped the Malian army to retake the central town of Konna from the Islamists on Friday and President Francois Hollande said Saturday that the rebels had suffered…
Israel evicts Palestinians from Bab Al-Shams
Israel evicts dozens of Palestinian activists early Sunday from a first-of-its-kind protest camp