Politics

Saudi Arabia threatens to block YouTube over anti-Islam film - 09/18/2012

RIYADH- Saudi Arabia has threatened to block YouTube in the kingdom if Google does not respond to a request to deny access to an anti-Islam film produced in the United States, the official SPA news...

Palestinians mark day of solidarity with fasting prisoners - 09/18/2012

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners Club said on Monday that one of them, 38-year-old Samer Barq had been moved to the intensive care unit at Assaf Harofeh medical centre, in central Israel,...

Hezbollah warns US over film as toll rises - 09/17/2012

BEIRUT, Karim Abou Merhi- Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah warned Monday of "very dangerous" global repercussions if an anti-Islam film is released in its entirety, as the death toll from a week of...

Fasting prisoner in intensive care, Palestinians say - 09/17/2012

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories- One of three long-term Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli detention has been moved to a hospital intensive care unit suffering from a drop in blood sugar, a...

Libya arrests 50 over US envoy killing - 09/17/2012

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Libya announced Sunday the arrest of 50 suspects over the killing of the US envoy and three other Americans, blaming the Benghazi attack on foreign extremists and claiming it...

Morocco king slams Benghazi attack in Clinton call - 09/17/2012

RABAT- Morocco's King Mohammed VI slammed both the "odious" killing of the US ambassador to Libya and the film that has provoked anti-American attacks, in a telephone call with US Secretary of State...

Brahimi meets Syria's Assad, warns of world threat - 09/15/2012

DAMASCUS- International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned after meeting President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday that the worsening conflict in Syria threatens both the region and the world at large....

Israeli Arabs, Palestinians protest anti-Islam film - 09/15/2012

JERUSALEM- Hundreds of Israeli Arabs protested on Saturday across the north of the country against a provocative anti-Islam film that sparked violent demonstrations in the Muslim world, police said....

Opposition says Brahimi bringing 'new ideas' on Syria - 09/15/2012

DAMASCUS- International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Friday met Syrian opposition figures who said he was bringing "new ideas" to peace efforts, as blasts rocked Damascus and regime air strikes targeted...

Violence explodes as Muslims protest anti-Islam film - 09/15/2012

KHARTOUM, Abdelmoneim Abu Edris Ali- Furious protesters targeted symbols of US influence in cities across the Muslim world on Friday, attacking embassies, schools and restaurants in retaliation for a...
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