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Spanish foreign minister: Mali a ‘platform for terrorism’
A dozen aid workers are evacuated from the border of Algeria in fear of attacks
India probes into US Navy ship firing on boat
Officials request an investigation into an incident which left one Indian national dead
US promises $16 billion in aid to Afghanistan
Clinton and Karzai travel from Kabul to participate in Tokyo donor summit
Eritrea sanctioned for ties to Al-Shabab
US takes measures to control the Somali militant group’s expansion in the horn of Africa
Law to force Ultra-Orthodox in Israel to serve in military
Process of revising exemption laws threatens to dissolve ruling coalition
Iran discovers oil field but who’s buying?
Kenya cancels oil deal with Iran after threat of sanctions for doing business with the nation
Pakistan reopens NATO routes
Pakistan announced the reopening of its supply routes for NATO facilities passing into Afghanistan. The announcement follows the United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s formal apology for the killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers on the border with Afghanistan last November by airstrikes. Pakistan closed the NATO supply routes after the incident, demanding a formal …
Yasser Arafat’s body to be exhumed
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on Wednesday to exhume former leader Yasser Arafat’s remains following allegations that he was poisoned with the radioactive element polonium-210 in 2004. “President Mahmoud Abbas has issued orders to the committee investigating President Yasser Arafat’s martyrdom to follow up on all new information and reports regarding this issue and to …
Mali militants target Sufi shrines
ICC threatens war crime charges if destruction continues
Israel deports migrants
Israel pushes ahead with the deportation of migrants to several African countries
Oil gangster arrested in Nigeria
Nigeria incurs billions in oil losses annually at the hands of gangs who attack pipelines and siphon illegally
Mali conflict spilling over
Influx of refugees from Mali exacerbates political instability in neighbouring Mauritania
UNESCO pleads for end to Mali relic raid
Mali extremists ravaged shrines in the fabled city of Timbuktu
Protest wave hits Sudan
Security forces met the demonstrations with a violent crackdown that included the use of tear gas and batons as well as several arrests
Suu Kyi willing to lead Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s democracy icon, showed her willingness on Thursday to lead her country one day
ICC Serbia case nearly collapses
One count of genocide is dismissed as Karadzic’s defence begins its case against the former Serbian leader
Life sentence for Burundi journalist
The sentencing of Radio France Internationale reporter underlines ongoing threat facing independent reporters
Pakistani-US generals in border talks
General John Allen, who commands 130,000 NATO troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, flew into Chaklala air base and went straight into the talks with General Ashraf Kayani at his Rawalpindi headquarters
Tanzanian police hunt driver after 43 Ethiopians suffocate
Forty-three Ethiopians and Somalis died in the back of a crowded, suffocating truck while being smuggled into Tanzania
North Mali Islamists seize Tuareg headquarters in Gao
Islamists in the northern Mali town of Gao on Wednesday seized the headquarters of Tuareg rebels after a day of violent clashes
Turkey’s war against the PKK rages on
The Turkish government carried out several aerial strikes deep in northern Iraq between June 22 and 24, in retaliation for several Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacks days before, the government conceded recently. In a statement released by the Turkish government on Sunday, officials noted most of the targets were in the Qandil region, and that …
Carter warns US abandoning role as rights champion
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Former president Jimmy Carter warned Monday that the United States is losing its moral authority on human rights by engaging in targeted assassinations and other widespread rights abuses. Writing in The New York Times, Carter charged that US counterterrorism police was in violation of 10 of the 30 articles of the Universal …
Controversial US immigration clause stands
The Arizona law has aroused intense controversy because of a particular provision, 2(B), that requires police to stop and demand proof of citizenship of anyone they suspect of being illegal, even without probable cause
DR Congo fighting resumes with mutineers
The government announced that it had taken steps to enable young people in the Rutshuru territory, where the fighting began more than a month ago, to take the exams in spite of the clashes.
Three killed in Kenya bar grenade attack
The attack is the latest in a series of violent incidents in the tourist town of Mombasa. An unknown attacker tossed a hand grenade into a bar where customers were watching the Euro 2012 England vs Italy quarter final game
Clash along Iraq-Turkey border
Turkish military and Kurdish militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) clashed near the border of Iraq leaving eight Turkish soldiers dead and at least 16 others wounded,Turkish officials said. The incident is the bloodiest clash over the contentious Kurdish region in recent months. It was reported by Reuters that the attacks were launched in …
UN Chief: Syria now a civil war
The UN suspends its mission to Syria, as the Security Council calls for an emergency meeting.
Two activists arrested, released over Eid holiday
CAIRO: In separate incidents, two political activists were detained and released over the Eid holiday. Walid Shawqy, an activist with the National Association for Change (NAC) founded by Mohamed ElBaradei, was arrested early on Friday morning after Eid prayers and taken to a police station in Dakerness, El-Daqhileya. Fellow activist Ahmed Bermawy wrote on micro-blogging …
A sunbed fit for Pharaohs
“We basically took the form of the barge on the Nile, which inspires images of the outdoors and summer, [and] turned it into an outdoor sofa,” said Hedayat Islam of design firm Eklego, which specialize in fusing different elements from both past and present, various cultures and art forms to produce unique furniture and product …
&Cairo: Telling the city's narrative
“We grew up with wood — wood around us all the time,” said Cherif Makram who, along with brother Rami, is the third generation in a family of furniture producers and designers. The family brand is Hardwood Furniture Company, started in 1935 by their grandfather with a specialization in retro and Arab-inspired designs. Today, their …