Egyptian fishermen sail home with captive Somali pirates after taking back control of shipsCAIRO — The crews of two Egyptian fishing vessels that overpowered pirates off the Somali coast have sailed into Red Sea waters on their way home along with eight of their former captors, an Egyptian official said Saturday. Official: 185 people, most of them women and children, killed in tribal attack in south SudanCAIRO — Armed tribesmen attacked a fishing village in southeast Sudan where hundreds of displaced people were camped near a river, leaving at least 185 people, most of them women and children, dead in the worst violence in three months, a southern Sudan official said Monday. Deputy says bin-Laden’s offers of a truce with US and Europe still on the tableCAIRO — Osama bin-Laden’s deputy said in a video message released Monday that the al-Qaida leader’s offers of a truce with the U.S. and Europe remained on the table, though he ridiculed President Barack Obama as “the new face of the same old crimes.” Official: 185 people, mostly women and children, killed in a tribal attack in south SudanCAIRO — Armed tribesmen attacked a fishing village in southeast Sudan where hundreds of displaced people were camped near a river, leaving at least 185 people, most of them women and children, dead in the worst violence in three months, a southern Sudan official said Monday. Iran announces first trials of protesters amid anger over prisoner abuseCAIRO — Iran’s leadership faced sharp criticism Wednesday from top clerics and even conservative supporters over prison abuses, including detainee deaths and the brutal beatings of protesters arrested in the post-election crackdown. Egypt’s rising death sentences under fire as government seeks crime deterrentCAIRO — Legal experts and human rights activists are criticizing Egypt for an abrupt spike in death sentences in recent months, accusing the country’s courts of trying to use capital punishment to stem a soaring crime rate. Mideast peace a ‘top priority’ for Obama, says US envoyCAIRO/JERUSALEM - US special Middle East envoy George Mitchell Monday called on Israel, the Palestinians and Arab states to take steps to promote a comprehensive peace in the Middle East, calling it one of President Barack Obama’s “top priorities”. African ministers begin tense discussions on sharing the waters of the NileCAIRO — Ministers from the 10 African countries on the Nile river began crucial discussions Monday over drafting a new water sharing agreement, which is hampered by Egypt’s refusal to reduce its share of world’s longest river. Rights group: Iran arrests, threatens lawyers to stop them from defending detained protestersCAIRO — Iranian authorities are spreading fear by arresting prominent human rights lawyers to prevent them from representing protesters detained in the aftermath of the country’s disputed presidential election, a leading international rights group said. Egypt puts 26 suspected Hezbollah members on trial for spying and plotting terrorist attacksCAIRO — Egypt’s prosecutor general on Sunday officially charged 26 suspects, including two Lebanese and five Palestinians, for spying for the militant group Hezbollah, as well as plotting terrorist attacks and aiding militants in the Gaza strip. Revolutionary Guard tightens its hold on Iran during post-election crisisCAIRO — The Revolutionary Guard tightened its already powerful hold over Iran during the post-election turmoil, raising alarm among some Iranians that it is transforming the Islamic Republic into a military state. Iran government builds Internet walls but activists still slip around in political turmoilCAIRO — The tweets still fly and the videos hit YouTube whenever protesters take to the streets in Iran — even as the Internet battle there turns more grueling. Arab states ban young, old and infirm from performing Mecca pilgrimage for swine flu fearsCAIRO — Arab health ministers banned children, the elderly and those with chronic illnesses from attending the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia this year over fears the mass gathering could speed the spread of swine flu. Arab states warn sick, old and infirm against Mecca pilgrimage for swine flu fearsCAIRO — Arab health ministers decided in a late night meeting Thursday to ban children, the elderly and those with chronic medical conditions from attending the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia this year in effort to slow the spread of swine flu. Amnesty criticizes Saudi Arabia for rights abuses in terror fight, reprimands rest of worldCAIRO — Saudi Arabia is holding more than 3,000 people in secret detention and has used torture to extract confessions in its anti-terrorism crackdown since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Amnesty International said in a report Wednesday. Correction: Sudan-Women Flogged storyCAIRO — In a July 13 story on the flogging of Sudanese women for wearing trousers in violation of strict Islamic law, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that the incident took place Friday, July 10. The correct date was the previous Friday, July 3. The story also said the women were flogged in public. The punishment was open to the public but the story should have said it was carried out inside a police station in Khartoum. Iran to hold next NAM summit in 2012CAIRO - Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states gathering in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh announced Thursday that the next summit will be held in Iran in 2012. Al-Qaida No. 2 calls for support from Pakistanis, warns country could face destructionCAIRO — Al-Qaida’s deputy leader called on Pakistanis to join his group’s holy war against the United States in Pakistan and Afghanistan and warned they could face the destruction of both countries and provoke God’s wrath if they don’t. End the Gaza blockade, Hamas tells NAM summitGAZA CITY/CAIRO - Hamas Wednesday called on world leaders gathered in Egypt for the 15th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to take “all necessary measures” to end the blockade of the Gaza Strip. Al-Zawahiri urges Pakistanis to support mujaheedinCAIRO - An audio tape purportedly by Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, released Wednesday urged Pakistanis to fight the US and back Islamist militants. Al-Qaida No. 2 warns Pakistan that US intervention poses grave danger to its futureCAIRO — Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader warned the Pakistani people in a new audio message that the U.S. interference in their country’s affairs poses a grave danger to Pakistan’s future and very existence. Iran blasts Germany over Muslim woman’s death but keeps quiet over China crackdown on MuslimsCAIRO — Iran has reacted with outrage over the stabbing death of an Egyptian woman in a German courthouse, calling it a sign of racism against Muslims, yet has said little about China’s crackdown on Uighur Muslims — a silence some leading Iranian clerics have criticized. Families search for missing, imprisoned, dead a month into Iran’s post-election crackdownCAIRO — Several dozen families camp outside Iran’s daunting Evin prison, trying to learn the fate of loved ones who vanished in post-election turmoil. A month into the government crackdown, the number of killed and arrested remains unknown, but human rights groups believe the death toll is far higher than the official figure of 20. India asks Pakistan to take action against Mumbai terror attack perpetratorsCAIRO - External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna has said that New Delhi would like a visible response from Islamabad, which should have commitment to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks. Sudanese women flogged for wearing trousers in violation of strict Islamic lawCAIRO — Sudanese police arrested 13 women in a raid on a cafe and flogged 10 of them in public for wearing trousers in violation of the country’s strict Islamic law, one of those arrested said Monday. Ethnic violence in China draws muted response from many Muslim nationsCAIRO — The riots in China’s Xinjiang region and subsequent crackdown on the Muslim Uighur minority have drawn a muted response from many Muslim countries that may be wary of damaging lucrative trade ties with Beijing or attracting attention to their own attitudes toward political dissent. Rights group: Iran withholding information on scores who disappeared in postelection turmoilCAIRO — An international human rights group said Sunday that an Iranian family only learned of the death of their 19-year-old son weeks after he was shot during a demonstration against the country’s disputed presidential election. Analysis: Iran protesters make dramatic return, but staying on the streets could prove hardCAIRO — Just getting thousands of protesters into the streets of Tehran despite fears of beating and arrest was a victory for the Iranian opposition, but the first protest in nearly two weeks also displayed the movement’s limitations. Tehran police chief says few people were arrested in Iranian protestsCAIRO — Tehran’s police chief said Friday that few arrests were made in opposition protests that erupted a day earlier in the Iranian capital in an opposition attempt to revive street demonstrations over the country’s disputed election. Egypt arrests group it says had links to al-Qaida and plotted attacks on Suez CanalCAIRO — Egyptian authorities arrested 25 people on suspicion of plotting attacks on oil pipelines and ships in the Suez Canal, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. |
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