Sudan rebel front vows unity after top leader killed
KHARTOUM: Anti-Sudan government forces in a "revolutionary front" pledged unity on Monday despite the killing of a top rebel, but an analyst dismissed their goal of toppling the Khartoum regime.…
Bahrain medics recall jail ‘horror,’ demand fair trial
MANAMA: Shia Muslim doctors, out on bail in Bahrain pending retrial for their role in pro-democracy protests, look back with horror at months of torture and demand a neutral hearing.…
District authority employees complain of dire conditions after fire
CAIRO: Employees at the district authority of West Cairo complained of dire working conditions as they are forced to resume work at a partially burnt building, located next to the…
Syria fighting kills 13 ahead of Arab monitor visit
BEIRUT: Thirteen people were killed as Syrian armored forces battled opponents of President Bashar Al-Assad in Homs on Monday, residents said, ahead of a planned visit by Arab League monitors…
Culture ministry assigns 2 committees to study Alexandria Opera staff’s demands
CAIRO: The Ministry of Culture assigned Monday two committees to examine the demands of the Alexandria Opera employees, who have ended their 36-day strike. The committees, which were formed after…
Baghdad suicide bomb kills five as standoff deepens
BAGHDAD: A suicide attacker in a vehicle packed with explosives killed at least five people at the interior ministry in Baghdad on Monday as a worsening political standoff stoked sectarian…
SCAF lifts sentences handed down to 90 civilians by military courts
CAIRO: The head of the ruling military council Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi issued a decree Monday to cancel prison sentences handed down to 90 civilians by military courts, state official…
US considering Saleh visit request, says official
HONOLULU: The United States is considering Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's request to visit, but would only grant him entry for "legitimate" medical treatment, a senior US official said Monday.…
US considering Saleh visit request, says official
HONOLULU: The United States is considering Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's request to visit, but would only grant him entry for "legitimate" medical treatment, a senior US official said…
Parliament won’t kill the revolution nor meet all its demands, says released activist
CAIRO: The ongoing elections will help the revolution, but only if street movements stayed as strong, activist Alaa Abdel Fattah said a day after his release from prison pending investigations.…