Mid-East
Ahmadinejad to attend Makkah summit
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend a summit of Muslim leaders in Makkah expected to focus on Syria, Iranian media said Monday.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
The trial of hundreds of Turkish military officers accused of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government appeared to be approaching a conclusion on Monday after a state prosecutor called for the court to move to a verdict.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Members of Hamas security forces patrol on the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip, near Rafah, Monday.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Syria’s exiled opposition accused the government on Monday of killing 40 people in a massacre in a central town in a bid to terrorise people into flight to change the confessional balance of the region.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Top officials from the International Monetary Fund will visit Cairo later this month to discuss renewing aid, the IMF announced Sunday.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Libyan authorities said on Monday that three men suspected of planning bomb attacks were killed in a sting operation outside the capital.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Turkey’s state-run television says Kurdish rebels have attacked a pipeline carrying oil from Iraq to world markets, cutting oil flows for a second time in two weeks.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood has been officially approved as a civil institution in Libya by the Ministry of Culture and Civil Society.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
The NTC will disband on 8 August when it hands over power to the National Congress.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Abdelfattah Mourou, a veteran member of Tunisia’s ruling Ennahda party, was attacked and injured by a radical Islamist late Sunday, the victim’s son Dhiaeddine Mourou said.
