Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges
CAIRO (AP) — The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of…
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Gunmen raid home in Iraq, kill 5 people
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say gunmen have broken into the house of an anti-terrorism police officer in the southern suburbs of…
Egypt security forces clash with Cairo protesters
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas at protesters hurling firebombs at them in central Cairo, hours after…
Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest…
Tunisia bans conservative Islamist conference
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned a conference by the North African country's most prominent…
Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap
CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to…
Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons
BEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found…
A look at `enforced disappearances' worldwide
The U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is pressing governments to provide information about open cases. Over the…
Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado
BEIRUT (AP) — About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near…
Hints of political change on horizon in Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria.
