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Alarms raised over possible chemical weapons in Syria

After the bloodshed in Tremseh, alarms are raised over the possibility of…

Luiz Sanchez

West eases pressure on Myanmar while attacks on minority Muslims continue

While the West praises Myanmar's reforms, the nation's minority Muslims continue to…

Maryam Ishani

President Morsy and Saudi King meet, discuss local and regional goals

Egyptian and Saudi delegations both say first meeting was positive after Morsy…

Connor Molloy

Deadline to free captured journalists in Libya expires

Talks to broker release of two captured cameramen have fallen apart

Luiz Sanchez

Violence in a Jordan University sparked by ‘tribalism’

The fighting which had started earlier this week in Mutah University, South…

Hend Kortam

Tunisia Islamists set to elect leader

The Ennahda or Renaissance Islamist party is likely to re-elect current leader…

Ahmed Aboulenein

Israel deploys ‘Iron Dome’ on border with Egypt

The battery of rocket interceptors are aimed at responding to an incoming…

Ahmed Aboulenein

Al-Bashir threatens ‘burning hot summer’ for Sudanese protesters

Students protesting inflation and rising food prices, are also calling for an…

Ahmed Khalifa

Syrian ambassador to Iraq defects, asks military to ‘turn guns’ on Al-Assad

Syrian National Council says more ambassadorial defections possible

Luiz Sanchez

Committee finds that Arafat was poisoned

A medical committee finds that Arafat was indeed poisoned, the Jerusalem Post…

Rana Muhammad Taha