Baghdad attacks kill 21 in worst day in a month
BAGHDAD: Attacks mainly targeting security forces in Baghdad, including two suicide car bombs minutes apart on police stations, killed at least 21 people in the capital's deadliest day in more…
NTC fighters move in for kill in Qaddafi town
SIRTE: Forces of Libya's new regime were looking to move in for the kill against Moamer Qaddafi's diehards in his hometown on Wednesday after meeting little resistance and taking several…
Europe, West must do more to help Syria, says opposition
PARIS: Western nations are not doing enough to pressure Russia into changing its stance on Syria and must do more to support the burgeoning opposition, the figurehead for the Syrian…
Registration opens for Egypt’s parliamentary hopefuls
CAIRO: Parliamentary hopefuls began submitting their applications on Wednesday at appeals courts throughout Egypt, for both the People’s Assembly and Shoura Council elections. The first parliamentary elections since the ouster…
Clinton says some Arab changes may come slowly
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration's top diplomat suggested Tuesday that the Arab Spring has entered difficult and uncharted territory between dictatorship and democracy, and that some changes would have to come…
Israel apologizes to Egypt for police deaths
CAIRO: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak apologized to Egypt for the deaths of at least five of its security personnel in cross-border shootings two months ago. The incident, triggered by…
Israel and Hamas ink landmark prisoner swap deal
JERUSALEM: Israel and Hamas have agreed a landmark deal to secure the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for over a thousand Palestinian detainees, officials on both…
Christians under siege in post-revolution Egypt
By Maggie Michael / AP CAIRO: Egypt's Coptic Christians have long felt like second-class citizens in their own country. Now many fear that the power vacuum left after the overthrow of…
Egypt’s army ruler rejects deputy PM’s resignation
CAIRO: The resignation of Hazem El-Beblawi, Egypt’s deputy premier and finance minister, was refused by the head of the ruling military council late on Tuesday. An official at the ministry…
Experts say tougher measures needed after Maspero, slam state media coverage
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Human rights experts said the Cabinet’s decision to issue a unified law for building houses of worship will do little to defuse sectarian tension in Egypt, agreeing…