European watchdog unhappy at Egypt TV riots coverage
GENEVA: The European Broadcasting Union said Friday it was unhappy about Egyptian state television's coverage of recent deadly sectarian clashes in Cairo, saying it failed to report the events impartially.…
Priest says traffickers holding 500 mainly Eritrean refugees
ROME: A Catholic priest spoke out on Thursday against human traffickers he said had been holding 500 mainly Eritrean refugees hostage for nearly a year in the Sinai Peninsula, near…
Egypt, Israel close to swap of alleged spy for prisoners
CAIRO: Egypt said on Thursday it was preparing to swap US-Israeli dual national Ilan Grapel, who was detained in June on spying charges, for Egyptian prisoners held in Israel. Grapel,…
Nabil Al-Arabi hopes Qaddafi death ‘turns page of tyranny’
CAIRO: Arab League chief Nabil Al-Arabi said Thursday he hoped the death of ousted Libyan leader Moamer Qaddafi, who ruled Libya with an iron fist for four decades, would "turn…
Syria to receive Arab League committee
CAIRO: Syria has agreed to receive next week an Arab League committee that was set up after Arab states called for an end to violence and for dialogue between the…
Syria troops kill 13, ten in Homs: rights group
NICOSIA: Syrian security forces killed 13 civilians on Friday, ten of them in the flashpoint central city of Homs, where the death of Libyan leader Moamar Qaddafi galvanized mass protests,…
Sanaa protest sends students under tents
SANAA: Kept out of classes because of a months-long anti-regime protest movement based just outside their campus, students at Sanaa University have been taking classes at a purpose-built tent camp.…
Final day of campaigning for Tunisian elections
TUNIS: Campaigning closes in Tunisia Friday, two days before its first democratic elections, with a formerly banned Islamist party poised to dominate an assembly that will pave the way for…
ANALYSIS: Turkish offensive in Iraq risky for unstable region
ANKARA: A full-blown Turkish military incursion into Iraq may assuage public anger over this week's attacks by Kurdish militants, but would not deal a fatal blow to the rebels and…
World hails Qaddafi death as end of tyranny
WASHINGTON: World leaders hailed the death of former Libyan leader Moamar Qaddafi as the end of an era of violence and tyranny, and held out hope for a better future…