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Jordan's King Abdullah II and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed an agreement Sunday confirming their "common goal to defending" Jerusalem and its sacred sites against attempts to Judaize the Holy City.
A statement by the...
Kuwait's lower court on Sunday sentenced opposition tweeter Hamed al-Khaledi to two years in jail on charges of insulting the Gulf state's ruler, a rights activist said.
"Khaledi has been sentenced to two years in jail with immediate...
North Korea vowed Sunday to strengthen its nuclear weapons, a day after announcing it is in a "state of war" with South Korea, and said it would never trade its atomic deterrent for aid.
Tensions have risen sharply on the peninsula since...
Heavy gunfire erupted Sunday in Timbuktu as Malian troops were combing the city for infiltrated jihadists following a suicide attack, a military source and residents said.
The Islamist fighters who had controlled the fabled Saharan city before...
Palestinians on Saturday commemorate Land Day, an annual series of demonstrations marking the deaths of six Arab Israeli protesters at the hands of Israeli police and troops during mass protests in 1976 against plans to confiscate Arab land in...
The Public Prosecution issued an arrest warrant for comedian Bassem Youssef Saturday on charges of insulting President Mohamed Morsy, inciting public anger against the president, contempt for Islam and publishing lies.
Earlier reports had suggested...
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved the first-ever "offensive" UN peacekeeping brigade to battle rebels groups in Democratic Republic of Congo.
A council resolution gave the force of more than 2,500 troops orders to...
The media arm of Al-Qaeda's offshoot in North Africa launched its Twitter account on Thursday by offering "glad tidings" to its supporters, US monitors SITE Intelligence Group reported.
"We send glad tidings to our Muslim Ummah in...
Prominent Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattahwill stand trial for allegedly participating in a May attack on a presidential candidate's headquarters, he told AFP on Thursday.
Abdel Fattah, who was jailed during the previous regime of the Hosni...
Iran's foreign ministry criticized the Arab League of Nation's decision to allocate Syria's long-vacant seat to the Syrian opposition, calling the move a "dangerous precedent" on Wednesday.
Opposition chief...
