Latest in Tag: violence Highlight
Latest in Tag: violence

Iran hosts alternative Syria conference
Iran to host a meeting to discuss the Syrian situation
Government workers killed in Baghdad
An official within the Iraqi Interior Ministry said that gunmen armed with silencers on their weapons managed to assassinate a Justice Ministry worker in Jamiyah on Tuesday as well as an Agriculture Ministry employee in Adil, both western suburbs of the capital city of Baghdad. Two soldiers were also shot and killed at a checkpoint …

Soldiers killed at Ivory Coast military base
Violence threatens country’s fragile stability

Bahraini policemen charged with hospital violence
Authorities make some concessions to rights groups but crackdown against opposition continues

PKK abducts Turkish soldiers
Kuridstan workers party kidnapped three off-duty Turkish soldiers, says Diayrbakir governor
Review: Morsy’s transparency questioned in Egypt’s opinion pages
Egypt prominent writers continue to reflect their opinions regarding Morsy’s reactions to the Dahshour sectarian incident

Turkey reports PKK casualties
Erdogan, has in recent weeks accused the regime in Syria of giving Kurdish rebels a free hand in the north of the country

National state of mourning announced for Sinai dead
President and armed forces vow swift justice for culprits

North Mali civilians form militias
International intervention suffers delays even as reports of child soldiers surface

Red Cross attacked in Libya
At 6:45 in the morning, attackers pummeled the ICRC residence while ICRC staffers were asleep inside

Suicide bomber attacks Nigerian military checkpoint
8 killed in suicide car bomb attack on a military checkpoint in the north-eastern city of Damaturu Sunday

Myanmar press freedom protests
The censorship that dominated during Burma’s long history of military rule still controls the media

Bomb blast underlines fragile security in Yemen
This latest bombing in Yemen highlights the fragile state of Yemen’s security

FJP headquarters burned
The party is proceeding with legal action following fires at two buildings in Cairo and Giza

Violence in Dahshur to be weighed by judiciary
The clashes between Copts and Muslims began after an argument arising between a Coptic clothes-presser burned the shirt of his Muslim customer

Israel asks citizens to leave Sinai in fear of attacks
Tel Aviv renewed calls that all tourists in the Sinai region leave immediately, citing intelligence that Gaza-based groups were planning to target Israeli visitors for kidnapping

Violence erupts at Nile City Towers
A man from Ramlet Boulaq, a poor district behind the Nile City Towers, was reportedly shot and killed by tourism police and another was injured

Bahrain violations being reviewed by US Congress committee
Amid US Congress hearings on Bahrain, protesters face more violence despite an order from the Bahrain crown prince to security forces to use restraint

Saudi Arabia blogger released after spending a year in prison without charges
Saudi authorities release Nazir Al-Majid, a year after detaining him

Clinton: Since Mubarak “sectarian violence has increased”
A teacher and Shia facing blasphemy charges are among the recent examples of growing religious tensions in Egypt

Bombings continue to plague Iraq
Violent actions continue in Iraq

Libyan General shot at after seeking cooperation with militias
Libyan General Khalifa Hefter shot by unknown assailants
Suffering oppression during the holy month
How will Muslims celebrate Ramadan in a year when Muslim minorities are suffering oppression in a number of countries worldwide?

Sudan deadline approaches, UN remains hopeful
Despite Sudans rejection of the South Sudan proposal, the UN and AU remain committed to resolving the crisis

Police raid farm and free former Shura Council member
In a shootout with kidnappers, officers free Ahmed Khalil

Thousands of Syrian refugees continue massive exodus into neighbouring countries
With the Syrian crisis taking on differing challenging security and political dimensions almost hourly, a continuous exodus of thousands of Syrian refugees across Syria’s borders into neighboring countries steadily rises by the day.

Nearly 100 die in Iraqi shootings, bombings
Attacks look coordinated, come after Al-Qaeda declaration

Arab League offers Al-Assad exit option
Fighting rages on in major cities as military claims to regain control.

Mali militia to deal with Islamist militants “with or without the Mali army”
Group vows to push back the Islamists in northern Mali

Violence in a Jordan University sparked by ‘tribalism’
The fighting which had started earlier this week in Mutah University, South Jordan reached a new level of violence on Wednesday