In northern Iraqi city, al-Qaida gathers strength
Sameer N. Yacoub and Adam Schreck, Associated Press |
posted 10 minutes ago
Al-Qaida's Iraq arm is gathering strength in the restive northern city of Mosul, ramping up its fundraising through gangland-style shakedowns and feeding off anti-government anger as it increasingly carries out attacks with impunity, according to residents and officials.
Israeli PM: EU should join US push on peace talks
Mohammed Daraghmeh, Associated Press |
posted 38 minutes ago
Israel's prime minister says the European Union should join U.S. attempts to restart stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
Dubai sets sights on Quran-themed park
Associated Press |
posted Jun 20th - 4:48am
Dubai has added a new item to its top ambitions such as building the world's largest Ferris wheel and bidding for an Angry Birds theme park _ a site honoring the Quran.
Jewish educator who survived Soviet Gulag dies
Ian Deitch, Associated Press |
posted Jun 20th - 3:43am
Rabbi Moshe Greenberg, a religious educator who survived a brutal Gulag in Siberia and secretly taught Judaism under an oppressive Soviet regime, has died in Israel. He was 84.
Saudi to expel Hezbollah supporters over Syria war
Zeina Karam, Associated Press |
posted Jun 20th - 3:38am
The Saudi envoy to Lebanon says the kingdom will deport Lebanese citizens who support the militant Hezbollah group because of its role in the Syrian civil war.
Iraqis vote in 2 Sunni-dominated provinces
Adam Schreck and Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press |
posted Jun 20th - 3:33am
Iraqis in two Sunni-dominated provinces voted Thursday in provincial elections marked by tight security measures that left streets in former insurgent strongholds largely deserted.
Syrian exiles get taste of home: Beloved ice cream
Dale Gavlak, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 2:10pm
For Syrians, no visit to Damascus' Old City is complete without a stop at a more than century-old ice cream parlor in its main souq where you can watch them make their distinctive desert by pounding it into shape with giant wooden mallets, then enjoy a bowl of it sprinkled with pistachios.
Syria infiltrators, Jordan military clash, 1 dead
Jamal Halaby, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 2:07pm
Jordan's military says infiltrators from Syria have clashed with Jordanian soldiers near the border. One infiltrator was killed and two wounded.
Egypt top cleric: Protests against Morsi permitted
Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 1:10pm
Egypt's top Muslim cleric declared Wednesday that peaceful protests against the president are permitted, in a snub to hard-line Islamist backers of Mohammed Morsi who declared that those behind opposition protests planned for June 30 are heretics.
Tunisia arrests Muslim cleric for hardline sermon
Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 11:28am
Tunisian police arrested an imam after he delivered a sermon described as "insubordinate," the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, in the first high-profile arrest since the government began taking a harder line toward religious conservatives.
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