An explosion in Gaza killed three people and wounded five on Wednesday, a medical official said, but the reason for the blast was unclear. The three killed were already dead on their arrival at hospital, and all were in their 20s, Hamas's health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP. The other five were
The Egyptian government has stepped up a campaign to curb Muslim Brotherhood influence over mosques, Reuters reported on Thursday. The government said it has licensed more than 17,000 state-approved clerics to give Friday sermons to stop places of worship from falling “into the hands of extremists,” according to the report. The military-backed authorities
Terror group Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis announced Thursday that it will carry out revenge attacks on the United States and harm its interests in Egypt, following Washington's decision to add the Sinai-based terror group to its list of terror groups. Voice of Israel's monitor of Arabic radio said that the organization vowed to strike US
Hamas responded on Wednesday to Israel’s sanctions on the Palestinian Authority (PA) by calling on Palestinian Arabs in Judea and Samaria to "give full rein" to “resistance against the Israeli occupation”, the Ma’an news agency reported. The terror group which controls Gaza also called on the PA to end its security cooperation with Israel.
A Saudi court in Jeddah has ordered the permanent closure of a liberal website for publishing what was perceived as “anti-Islamic content”, Al Arabiya reported on Sunday, citing the Saudi news website Sabq. According to Sabq, a number of Saudis had demanded the closure of the Saudi Liberal Network for posting stories and comments
Iran’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, said on Sunday that his country will need 30,000 of its new generation centrifuges to meet domestic fuel demands, far more than the current number, AFP reports. Salehi's comments came just days after the latest round of international talks in Vienna aimed at securing a long-term deal over
Thousands of Christian pilgrims thronged the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City Saturday amid tight security to celebrate the Holy Fire ceremony on the eve of Easter. Christians believe that a divine fire from heaven ignites a flame in the church, built on the site where they say Jesus
While Jews around the world celebrate Passover, Christians from Egypt visit the Holy Land for their week of Holy Pascha (the Passion of Christ). For this pilgrimage, Egyptian Christians (Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelic) leave Cairo by the thousands on daily flights to Jerusalem. Egypt’s airlines have increased departures to 12 flights per week from the
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said on Sunday that the war that has torn Syria apart for three years and cost more than 150,000 lives is turning in the government's favor, AFP reported citing the state news agency SANA. "This is a turning point in the crisis, both militarily in terms of the army's achievements
The daughter of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is claiming that she is “certain” that the televised footage showing the ousted leader in prison is not of her father, Al Arabiya reports. According to the report, the daughter Alshymaa shared two pictures of Morsi on her Facebook page, one while he was president and
