An Egypt court has sentenced former President Mohamed Morsi to death for a mass prison break in 2011. The court ruled on Saturday that the sentencing of Morsi and 105 others will be referred to the Grand Mufti, the highest religious authority in Egypt, for confirmation. Many of those sentenced[…]
Israeli soldiers have fired tear gas, water canon and rubber bullets at stone-throwing Palestinians in the West Bank, wounding at least 17 people, medics and security sources said. The clashes on Friday took place near Ramallah and in Nablus to the north, as Palestinians marked 67 years since the “Nakba”,[…]
A US jury has decided Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should die for his role in the Boston marathon bombing in April 2013. The sentence on Friday came after 14 hours of deliberations on whether Tsarnaev, who was a teenager when he carried out the attacks with his elder brother Tamerlan, should be[…]
Now living in the narrow concrete streets of Bethlehem’s Duheisha refugee camp,Hajjeh al-Jaafari dreams of returning to the town where she was forced to flee sixty-seven years ago. Well into her mid 80’s, Hajjeh remembers the day her family were forced to flee the village ofDeir Rafat, west of Jerusalem.[…]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has taken over the main government compound in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, and edged closer to what would be their biggest victory in Iraq this year, officials have said. The fighters seized the government complex at around 1100GMT[…]
Three Palestinians were injured by live fire during a Nakba Day demonstration in the Gaza Strip on Friday, witnesses said. Locals told Ma’an that Israeli soldiers opened fire on peaceful demonstrators east of Gaza City, hitting three men in the legs. Dozens of Palestinians were taking part in the march[…]
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip plan to mark “Nakba Day” on Friday with a series of protests and marches following noon prayers at mosques. The Israel Police said it was ready to counter any violence after Friday prayers at mosques in Israel and the territories. The Palestinian Authority[…]
Loyalist troops in Burundi have arrested at least three leaders of a failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, a presidential spokesman said. Gervais Abayeho said those arrested on Friday were two army generals, including former Defence Minister Cyrille Ndayirukiye, and a police general. Major-General Godefroid Niyombare, who led the coup[…]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has issued an unverified audio recording that it said was by its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, calling on supporters around the world to join the fight in Syria and Iraq or to take up arms wherever they live. If confirmed, it[…]
US President Barack Obama on Thursday updated leaders from Gulf states on international efforts to forge a nuclear deal with Iran, said Ben Rhodes, US deputy national security adviser. Rhodes said the US would welcome support from Gulf countries for the deal, which many Arab leaders are concerned would empower[…]
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