GAZA CITY, 24 June 2005 — The Palestinian Authority has agreed to absorb some 700 activists of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades into Palestinian security services in an attempt to keep the streets free... Full Story
CAIRO, 24 June 2005 — Egyptian authorities yesterday banned Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour from leaving the country to attend a meeting with the European Parliament, party officials said. Nour,
BAGHDAD, 24 June 2005 — Four car bombs shook Baghdad after dawn yesterday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens in the second wave of attacks within hours, police said. The previous
WASHINGTON, 24 June 2005 — The top American commander in the Persian Gulf told Congress yesterday that the Iraqi insurgency has not grown weaker over the past six months, despite a claim by Vice President
MANAMA, 24 June 2005 — American lawyers representing Saudi detainees at Guantanamo Bay yesterday urged more Saudi families to join the legal battle for their release amid growing American public support
SANAA, 24 June 2005 — A top aide to the slain rebel preacher Hussein Al-Houthi gave himself up to police in the Yemeni capital Sanaa yesterday, a website run by the ruling GPC party reported. Quoting
TEHRAN, 24 June 2005 — Iran said yesterday said it had arrested 26 people, including at least one military figure, for suspected electoral violations ahead of an unpredictable presidential run-off
NEW DELHI, 24 June 2005 — India’s Cabinet yesterday approved a new law to curb growing violence against women in the home, saying existing legislation is inadequate. The Protection of Women from
ISLAMABAD, 24 June 2005 — As violence intensifies in Afghanistan so does a war of words with Pakistan, with Afghans blaming their neighbor for failing to stop insurgents crossing in, or even encouraging
JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — A Pakistani, employed as a manager in a major accounting firm in Jeddah, is simultaneously pursuing a career in playback singing in India’s Bollywood. Amir Jamal, 41, who... Full Story
JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — A senior Indian political journalist, Zafar Agha, feels that the worst is over for Indian Muslims but says that the community’s “mullah-driven leadership can lead them nowhere.”... Full Story
