Mid-East
Assad’s fall only matter of time: Mood
It is just a matter of time before the government of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad falls because its use of massive force is mobilizing insurgents, General Robert Mood, the former head of the UN monitoring mission in Syria, said on Friday.
Saturday, 28 - July 2012
Israel’s Supreme Court Friday granted a government request to delay the eviction of the largest illegal settler outpost in the occupied West Bank.
Saturday, 28 - July 2012
The Libyan government has asked Egypt to provide Libyan universities with tutors in various disciplines. It is estimated that Libya’s universities require more than 1,000 extra teaching staff for the upcoming academic year.
Saturday, 28 - July 2012
In the first tally of its kind, a US investigative agency has calculated that at least 719 people, nearly half of them Americans, were killed working on projects to rebuild Iraq following the US invasion in 2003.
Saturday, 28 - July 2012
Once recognized as the place where the president receives foreign and official delegations, Egypt’s luxurious presidential palaces are now the public’s complaints offices, a place where Egyptians submit their personal requests.
Saturday, 28 - July 2012
Muslims Friday set fire to Christian homes in a village near the Egyptian capital after a fight between a Muslim man and a Christian laundry worker who singed his shirt while ironing it, police said.
Saturday, 28 - July 2012
With just days left before a court-imposed deadline to reform Israel’s military draft law expires, the nation’s political leaders are at loggerheads on how to resolve what has become perhaps the country’s most pressing — and divisive — domestic issue.
Saturday, 28 - July 2012
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lauded the positive role played by the state of Kuwait in enhancing world peace and security.
Saturday, 28 - July 2012
Palestinian protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers.
