Israel has approved the construction of 277 new housing units in a Jewish settlement located deep in the occupied West Bank. Israel’s Defense Ministry said Monday that Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved the new housing in the Ariel settlement. It said Israel would reserve at least 100 of those units for Israelis evacuated from Gaza […]
Israel Approves 277 Apartment Units In West Bank
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
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Libyan Interior Minister, Relatives Fly to Cairo in Apparent Defection
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s interior minister has flown to the Egyptian capital with nine family members in the latest apparent defection from the Libyan government. Egyptian airport officials say Libyan Interior Minister Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah and his relatives arrived in Cairo early Monday on a private jet from the Tunisian resort island of Djerba. They […]
Libyan Interior Minister, Relatives Fly to Cairo in Apparent Defection
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s interior minister has flown to the Egyptian capital with nine family members in the latest apparent defection from the Libyan government. Egyptian airport officials say Libyan Interior Minister Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah and his relatives arrived in Cairo early Monday on a private jet from the Tunisian resort island of Djerba. They […]
Syria Presses Crackdown in Latakia
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
A Syrian military crackdown against anti-government dissent is in its third day in the coastal city of Latakia while troops are carrying out new raids in the central province of Homs. Tank fire has been reported in several neighborhoods of Latakia and witnesses say residents are trying to flee the city. Syrian rights activists say […]
Iraq Attacks Kill 60
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
Bombings and attacks hit more than a dozen Iraqi cities Monday, killing at least 60 people and wounding hundreds of others. Iraqi officials say suicide bombings and other explosions devastated targets from the northern city of Kirkuk, to the capital, Baghdad, to the southern city of Kut. Authorities say the worst violence was in Kut, […]
Egypt Adjourns Mubarak Trial Until September
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
The Egyptian judge presiding over the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak has adjourned the proceeding until September 5 and has stopped live television broadcasts of the upcoming hearings. The judge on Monday also decided to merge the former president’s trial with the trial of former interior minister Habib al-Adly. Adly and six deputies are […]
Bombings Kill Dozens Across Iraq
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
Bomb blasts ripped through a number of Iraqi cities Monday, killing dozens of people. Iraqi officials say the worst violence was in the southern city of Kut where two explosions have killed at least 35 people and wounded 60 others. Police officials in the southern holy Shi’ite city of Najaf say two car bombs have […]
Bombings Kills Dozens Across Iraq
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
Bomb blasts ripped through a number of Iraqi cities Monday, killing dozens of people. Iraqi officials say the worst violence was in the southern city of Kut where two explosions have killed at least 35 people and wounded 60 others. Police officials in the southern holy Shi’ite city of Najaf say two car bombs have […]
Activists Say Syrian Forces Continue Deadly Crackdown
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
Rights activists say Syrian security forces have killed a man in Latakia, continuing a deadly crackdown on dissent in the port city for a third day. Tank fire has been reported in several neighborhoods and witnesses say residents are trying to flee the city. Activists and witnesses say at least 26 people were killed Saturday […]
Egypt Resumes Trial of Former Leader Mubarak
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Egypt has resumed the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak, who earlier this month pleaded not guilty to charges that he ordered the killing of 850 protesters during the uprising that drove him from power. Mr. Mubarak on Monday appeared in the courtroom in Cairo lying on a hospital bed, just as he did during […]
