Qatar’s Emir Visits Gaza, Pledging $40

New York Times: JERUSALEM — The emir of Qatar on Tuesday became the first head of state to visit the Gaza Strip since Hamas took

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Gaddafi’s youngest son killed during fighting in Bani Walid.

The youngest son of the slain Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi has allegedly been killed in a battle in the northwestern city of Bani Walid, the

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Egypt freezes assets of former prime Minister.

Egypt's Justice Ministry has ordered the freezing of assets of the country's former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq who is set to be tried for charges of corruption. According to the Egyptian ...

Turkish premier slams Security Council over Syria.

ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkey's prime minister sharply criticized the U.N. Security Council on Saturday for its failure to agree on decisive steps to end Syria's civil war, as NATO ally ...

Mali Islamists ‘buying child soldiers’

Islamists who seized control of part of Mali are amassing money from ransoms and drug trafficking while imposing Sharia law, says a senior UN official. They are also buying child soldiers, ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wins another 6-year term.

President Hugo Chavez won re-election Sunday, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles and gaining six more years to cement his legacy and press ahead with his crusade for socialism in Venezuela. With about ...

5 Terror Suspects From UK Appear in US Courts.

NEW YORK (AP) -- An extremist Egyptian-born preacher entered a U.S. courtroom Saturday for the first time to face multiple terrorism charges, complaining that his prosthetic hooks, medication and special ...

Turkey strikes back at Syria after mortar kills five.

  Turkey's military hit targets inside Syria on Wednesday in response to a mortar bomb fired from Syrian territory which killed five Turkish civilians. In the most serious cross-border escalation of the ...

Muslims in Bangladesh Burn Buddhist temples over FaceBook image.

Hundreds of angry Muslims in southeast Bangladesh burned at least 10 Buddhist temples and dozens of homes Sunday after alleging that a Buddhist man insulted Islam on his Facebook page, ...

Floods kill 104, displace 50,000 in Nigeria.

 The worst flooding to hit Nigeria in decades has claimed at least 104 lives and displaced more than 50,000 over the past two months in the center of the African ...
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