The Arab League's leadership, which has been foot-dragging for months, understood that no practical proposal for international action similar to that which took place in Libya can pass Russian and Chinese barriers.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has hinted he may not visit France again if a proposed bill that would criminalize the rejection of Armenian genocide claims passes in the country's Senate today. When asked what his reaction would be in the event the bill …
clip from article: As protestors gathered after Friday prayers, chanting slogans against Bashar al-Assad, Mohamed heard a loud bang and fell on the road.
Armed Hamas men broke into a gathering of some 30 Shi'ite worshippers in the Gaza Strip last Friday and brutally attacked them, Haaretz has learned. Hamas militants arrested 14 of the men and beat up the rest.
A mentally ill grandfather died after police officers strapped him naked to a chair, smothered him with a 'spit hood' and pepper-sprayed him 10 times during a 43-hour ordeal, it has been claimed. Nick Christie, 62, was allegedly tortured in the 'Devil's Chair' at Lee County ja …
clipped from video description: 18+ Adults Only - Warning - Contains Graphic Images - Not For Shock - Documentary Evidence of Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Syria Dictator Bashar Assad as he sends out hundreds of his rabid fascist Security Forces and Shabiha Militia to …
An Egyptian administrative court issued an order Tuesday banning virginity tests for female detainees, months after several women alleged they were subjected to such examinations following a March protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The ruling comes in the case of Samir …
Egyptian prosecutors and police raided offices of 17 pro-democracy and human rights groups on Thursday - including several funded by the United States - in what rights defenders described as a campaign against them by the military rulers.
CAIRO — Egypt has seen an alarming rise in violence this past week between protesters and security forces — a stark illustration that the army has botched the country’s political transition. Since President Hosni Mubarak left power in February, the ruling …
Heavy machine guns and artillery fired on town of Kfar Owaid Army defectors shelled as they leave their posts Syria finally allows international monitors into country after weeks of stalling Opposition group claims 250 killed in two days and appeals for UN intervention to pr …
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