Politics

Femen women held in Arab world's first topless protest - 05/30/2013

TUNIS, Mounir Souissi- Three young European women with topless protest group Femen were arrested on Wednesday after baring their breasts in Tunis, a first in the Arab world that sparked scuffles...

Veteran Syrian dissident lashes out against opposition: TV - 05/29/2013

ISTANBUL- Veteran secular dissident Michel Kilo lashed out on television against Syria's opposition Coalition, as dissidents failed failed to agree on participating in a US-Russian peace initiative...

Iraq violence kills 27 as UN envoy urges dialogue - 05/29/2013

BAGHDAD, W.G. Dunlop- Violence in Iraq killed 27 people on Tuesday, officials said, as the country's cabinet discussed how to curb unrest that has left over 500 dead this month and raised fears of...

EU ends arms embargo against Syrian rebels - 05/28/2013

BRUSSELS, Claire Rosemberg- The European Union finally agreed Monday to lift its embargo against arming Syrian rebels, after tough talks that exposed sharp differences between Britain and France,...

Sunni grievances drive spike in Iraq unrest - 05/27/2013

BAGHDAD, W.G. Dunlop- A feud between Iraqi Sunnis and the Shiite authorities they accuse of marginalising their community is driving a deadly spike in violence, but will stop short of all-out...

Kuwaitis urged to avoid Lebanon after attack - 05/27/2013

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait- Kuwait on Sunday urged its citizens to avoid Lebanon and those already there to leave "as soon as possible" after two rockets hit a stronghold of Shiite militia Hezbollah in the...

Biden warns on violence in calls with Iraqi leaders - 05/25/2013

WASHINGTON- US Vice President Joe Biden called Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Friday amid anxiety over a rash of bombings and violence in the country and the situation in Syria, the White House...

'Uncatchable' Algerian jihadi mastermind Belmokhtar - 05/25/2013

ALGIERS- Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed Islamist reportedly behind Thursday's suicide bombings in Niger, is an Al-Qaeda veteran who was the mastermind of the devastating attack on an Algerian gas...

London attacker: Muslim convert from Nigerian Christian family - 05/25/2013

LONDON, Katy Lee- When Michael Adebolajo was filmed clutching the bloodied knives he apparently used to butcher a soldier, Britons were chilled by the strong London accent in which he spoke of his...

Syria opposition in key talks on peace initiative - 05/24/2013

ISTANBUL, Serene Assir- Syria's main opposition group met for key talks in Istanbul on Thursday to debate whether to join a new US-Russian peace initiative to end the two-year civil war, while the...
1 ... « 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 » ... 625

At a glance