Qatar condemns attack on Egypt protest campQatar condemned an attack by Egyptian security forces on Muslim Brotherhood supporters camping out in Cairo on Wednesday that killed at least 30 people. State news agency QNA quoted a foreign ministry official as urging Egyptian a More… |
Libya killings put US in diplomatic Catch-22The US embassy killings in Libya ratchet up the Middle East risk premium. A protest against an amateurish film deemed to insult the Prophet Mohammad has led to the death of the American ambassador in the eastern city of Benghaz More… |
Iran blames France, Germany for scientist hitsIran's spy chief accused German and French intelligence agencies of involvement in assassinations of its nuclear scientists, sticking to a hard official line as sanctions imposed over its disputed atomic ambitions bite harder. Iran has More… |
78 killed in Syria's Hama provinceActivists said pro-government militia men and security forces killed at least 78 people, including children, in Syria's central province of Hama on Wednesday. Some of those killed in the village of Mazraat al More… |
Syria says revolt over, army to pull out graduallySyria says the year-long revolt to topple President Bashar al-Assad is now over, but it will keep its forces in cities to "maintain security" until it is safe to withdraw in keeping with a UN-backed peace deal. The agreement proposed by Un More… |
French school killings suspect ‘will surrender’A gunman suspected of killing seven people in the name of al Qaeda, including three children at a Jewish school, said on Wednesday he would hand himself over to police to end an hours-long siege in southwestern France.   More… |
Blackwater settles Iraq killings lawsuitThe US private security company formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the families of four contractors killed in a gruesome 2004 ambush that was a defining moment of the Iraq war for the American public. More… |
Arab observers fan out across SyriaArab monitors head to three more Syrian cities on Thursday to check if government forces are complying with a peace plan after a delegation to Homs, centre of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, was mobbed by protesters demanding prote More… |
Arab observers fan out across SyriaArab monitors head to three more Syrian cities on Thursday to check if government forces are complying with a peace plan after a delegation to Homs, centre of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, was mobbed by protesters demanding prote More… |
Assad meets Arab envoy, activists report killingsArab League chief Nabil Elaraby met Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday to push for reforms and an end to bloodshed, even as activists said Assad's forces killed six people in a relentless crackdown on dissent. The Briti More… |