China press freedom campaign swells with new rally
Scores of people, some carrying mourning flowers, gathered outside the Guangzhou offices of the Southern Weekly
Hamas plans to build industrial city near Egyptian border
Local manufacturing in Gaza could decrease Egyptian exports, expert warns
Two to plead not guilty in Delhi gang-rape case
Mukesh Singh, who is the brother of the bus driver Ram Singh, and Thakur are two of the five men charged with rape and murder over the 16 December attack…
Shi’as hold counter-demos in southern Iraq
Among those rallies have been an ongoing sit-in in western Anbar province that has blocked off a key highway linking Iraq to Syria and Jordan since 23 December
Boat found, fishermen missing off Matruh coast
Armed forces respond to fishing boat’s distress call off coast of Ras El-Hekma, in Marsa Matruh
El-Sawy apologises over cartoons
The front warned of El-Sawy becoming a cultural censor for the Muslim Brotherhood and accused him of trying to gain favours with the government, implying that he had done it…
