- Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy FM BASSEM MROUE and ALBERT AJI - AP - 18 mins ago
BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen on Saturday abducted the elderly father of Syria's deputy foreign minister, the official's office said, in the latest kidnapping targeting family … More »Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy FM
- Gunmen kill 9 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped SAMEER N. YACOUB - AP - 20 mins ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen killed an anti-terrorism policeman and his family in Baghdad on Saturday, while kidnappers abducted eight policemen guarding a post on Iraq's main … More »Gunmen kill 9 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped
BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen killed an anti-terrorism policeman and his family in Baghdad on Saturday, while kidnappers abducted eight policemen guarding a post on Iraq's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country. Attackers also shot dead a Sunni cleric in the Shiite-majority south …
- Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges MAGGIE MICHAEL - AP - 2 hrs 7 mins ago
CAIRO (AP) — The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team … More »Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges
- Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead MARIAM RIZK - AP - 2 hrs 30 mins ago
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack. More »Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack.
- Activists: Rebel groups clash in northern Syria BASSEM MROUE - AP - 3 hrs ago
BEIRUT (AP) — A wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between rival Islamic militant groups in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo risks sparking large-scale internal fighting … More »Activists: Rebel groups clash in northern Syria
- 8 police kidnapped in western Iraq SAMEER N. YACOUB - AP - 3 hrs ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Police officials say gunmen have kidnapped eight Iraqi policemen who were guarding a post on the main highway to Jordan and Syria. More »8 police kidnapped in western Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Police officials say gunmen have kidnapped eight Iraqi policemen who were guarding a post on the main highway to Jordan and Syria.
- Iraq attacks leave 8 dead SAMEER N. YACOUB - AP - 4 hrs ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen killed the entire family of an anti-terrorist policeman in Baghdad and a Sunni cleric in the Shiite-majority south on Saturday, part of a wave of … More »Iraq attacks leave 8 dead
BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen killed the entire family of an anti-terrorist policeman in Baghdad and a Sunni cleric in the Shiite-majority south on Saturday, part of a wave of attacks across Iraq that left eight dead, said officials.
- Activists: Rebel groups kidnap in Syria's Aleppo AP - 5 hrs ago
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say that a wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between rival Islamic militant groups in the northern city of Aleppo risks sparking large-scale … More »Activists: Rebel groups kidnap in Syria's Aleppo
- Gunmen raid home in Iraq, kill 5 people SAMEER N. YACOUB - AP - 6 hrs ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say gunmen have broken into the house of an anti-terrorism police officer in the southern suburbs of Baghdad, killing five people including … More »Gunmen raid home in Iraq, kill 5 people
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say gunmen have broken into the house of an anti-terrorism police officer in the southern suburbs of Baghdad, killing five people including him and his sleeping family.
- A look at 'enforced disappearances' worldwide The Associated Press - AP - 23 hrs ago
The U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is pressing governments to provide information about open cases. Over the past two decades, it received … More »A look at 'enforced disappearances' worldwide
The U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is pressing governments to provide information about open cases. Over the past two decades, it received nearly 54,000 cases, of which nearly 43,000 in 84 states remain unsolved. The number of cases is believed to be only a fraction of those who disappeared …
- Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq SAMEER N. YACOUB - AP - 19 hrs ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. … More »Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq
- Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado KARIN LAUB - AP - 23 hrs ago
BEIRUT (AP) — About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. … More »Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado
- Head of Pro-Israel Organization Targeted By IRS Speaks Out Tiffany Gabbay - The Blaze - 12 hrs ago
"Special unit"assigned to groups "groups supportive of Israel."
More »Head of Pro-Israel Organization Targeted By IRS Speaks Out"Special unit"assigned to groups "groups supportive of Israel."
- Egypt security forces clash with Cairo protesters AP - 18 hrs ago
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas at protesters hurling firebombs at them in central Cairo, hours after hundreds of opponents of Egypt's President … More »Egypt security forces clash with Cairo protesters
- Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap MAGGIE MICHAEL - AP - 20 hrs ago
CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their … More »Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap
CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the lawlessness and crisis of authority in the country two years since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mub …
- Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons BARBARA SURK - AP - 21 hrs ago
BEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence … More »Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons
- Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 58 in Iraq SAMEER N. YACOUB - AP - 21 hrs ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs struck Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 58 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in two months, officials said, … More »Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 58 in Iraq
- Bomb strikes Sunni area in Baghdad, killing 7 SAMEER N. YACOUB - AP - 21 hrs ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a bomb has exploded in a commericial area in a mainly Sunni neighborhood in western Baghdad, killing at least seven people and wounding … More »Bomb strikes Sunni area in Baghdad, killing 7
- Mosque, funeral bombings kill 47 in Iraq SAMEER N. YACOUB - AP - 23 hrs ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Twin explosions ripped through a crowd of Sunni worshippers outside Baghdad on Friday, an attack which, combined with a second deadly bombing at a Sunni … More »Mosque, funeral bombings kill 47 in Iraq
- Hints of political change on horizon in Algeria PAUL SCHEMM - AP - Fri, May 17, 2013
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria. More »Hints of political change on horizon in Algeria
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