Mid-East
153 killed in Iran quakes
Two strong earthquakes struck northwest Iran Saturday, killing 153 people and injuring more than 1,300 as buildings were reduced to rubble, Iranian officials said.
Libya loses control of Fornaj prison after riots
The Ministry of Justice-controlled prison in Fornaj, Tripoli, descended into chaos.
US says has ‘eyes’ inside Iran N-program
The United States said Friday it had “eyes” and “visibility” inside Iran’s nuclear program.
Davutoglu, Clinton meet Syrian refugees
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (top right) and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meet Syrian refugees in Istanbul, Saturday.
Sunday, 12 - August 2012
The man tipped to replace Kofi Annan as the UN-Arab League mediator on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi of Algeria, urged world leaders to overcome their differences on the 17-month-old conflict that is slipping deeper into full-scale civil war.
Sunday, 12 - August 2012
Al-Qaeda has advanced beyond isolated pockets of activity in Syria and now is building a network of well-organized cells, according to US intelligence officials, who fear the terrorists could be on the verge of establishing an Iraq-like foothold that would be hard to defeat if rebels eventually oust President Bashar Al-Assad.
Sunday, 12 - August 2012
The head of Libya’s newly-empowered national assembly Mohamed Al-Megaryef pledged Friday to remain neutral and seek to unite ranks in the country, where post-revolution divisions are still deep.
Sunday, 12 - August 2012
An unspecified number of security officials accused of corruption on Morocco’s northern coast have been arrested as part of a judicial inquiry ordered by the king, government sources said.
Sunday, 12 - August 2012
King Mohammed VI’s solicitude for inmates was mirrored anew through a project launched Friday by the sovereign at the Oukacha prison in Casablanca, reported Maghreb Arabe Presse Saturday.
