Russia on Wednesday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's criticism of its stance on Syria, a day after Obama criticized Moscow for threatening to veto a UN Security Council resolution that would impose sanctions against the Syrian government. On Tuesday, during a press conference with French President Francois Hollande, Obama slammed the Russians over their
In the speech Wednesday commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani once again turned on the "charm offensive" against the US, insisting that Iran does not want to attack any country. In the same breath, however, Rouhani warned that Iran would issue a harsh response against any attackers -
A commander of a group loyal to al-Qaeda was arrested by the Lebanese army on Wednesday, according to an army statement. The commander, Najm Abbas, is of the Abdallah Azzam brigades, the jihadist group which claimed a twin suicide attack against the Iranian embassy in Beirut last November, killing 25 people. "After careful
Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi headed to Russia accompanied by Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation, the army said. Field Marshal Sisi, who is also Egypt's defense minister and deputy prime minister, and Fahmy would hold "2+2" talks with their Russian counterparts, Colonel Ahmed Aly, the army spokesperson said
Diplomats in ivory towers have made this mistake before. Israel’s former defense minister, Ehud Barak, was the first to suggest leaving behind 100,000 Jews who currently live outside the main blocs in Judea and Samaria. Now the vision of abandoning those Jews to a death trap and the mercy of the Muslims is sponsored
A Muslim cleric was Tuesday charged in Australia with conducting an illegal marriage between a 26-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl. It follows the arrest of a Lebanese national -- the "husband" -- last week on child sex offences. Police said the imam, reportedly Pakistan-born, was arrested in Sydney on Monday afternoon by
Iranian state television ran a documentary showing simulated air attacks on Israel and the United States Friday, as revealed in an inflammatory clip uploaded to YouTube. The clip shows Iranian drones and missiles carrying out simulated strikes on the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, striking American military targets in the Persian Gulf and
Egypt has concluded an arms deal with Russia worth $2 billion, a senior official source told Egyptian daily newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm, noting that the Egyptian and Russian sides reached agreement on all details of the agreement over the past few weeks. The source, who asked not to be named, said the two Gulf kingdoms
The Egyptian government continued its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood Monday, sentencing 14 Muslim Brotherhood terrorists to death and four more to life imprisonment for an attack committed during the 2011 uprising. The men were sentenced for attacks on police, soldiers, and a bank near El-Arish, the provincial capital of North Sinai. One of
Riots broke out in Istanbul's Taksim Square Saturday, prompting riot police to use tear gas and water cannon to secure the area. The reason: Turkey's new internet censorship laws, which allow the government to block websites for privacy violations without a court decision, and pressure internet providers to keep tabs on the populace's web
