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United Arab Emirates - Emirati netizen sentenced to 10 months in prison
Reporters Without Borders expresses outrage at the Abu Dhabi appeals court confirmation of the 10-month prison sentence of netizen Abdullah Al-Hadidi.The appeals court made its ruling on 22 May.Arrested on 22 March, Al-Hadidi was convicted in a lower court in April ...
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Oman - Omani security forces besiege a bloggers home and arrest him
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) denounces the Omani security services' continuous targeting and arrest of activists on social networks websites without charges or judicial orders.The security forces arrested Ziab El-Amri, a blogger and activist, on 20 May 2013 after the Omani special task force unit besieged his house located in Senaw in the Modabi province north of ...
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3 Killed In “Honor Crime” In Egypt
';honor killing'; after the women were accused of infidelity. The women were reportedly beaten with sharp objects and strangled before their bodies were wrapped in sheets, weighted with stones, and thrown into the Nile River. At least one of the men has been arrested and is in custody; police are searching for the remaining suspects. So far, only one of the women has been found. The ...
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Opposition skeptical as Damascus agrees to meeting
Syria's divided opposition on Friday called on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to bluntly state whether it was interested in peace talks and on what terms after Russia said Damascus had agreed "in principle" to attend a peace conference in Geneva.Louay Safi, spokesman for the Western-backed National Coalition, the main opposition group, said "we would like to hear ...
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Bahraini protesters clash with police over raid on clerics home
LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of Bahraini Shi'ite Muslims angered by a raid last week on a top cleric's home clashed with police on Friday, while thousands more gathered in the cleric's village for a peaceful sit-in against their Sunni-led ...
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PM Haniyeh of Palestinian government in Gaza called on Egypt to revise the Camp David Treaty which was signed with Israel
PM Haniyeh of Palestinian government in Gaza called on Egypt to revise the Camp David Treaty which was signed with Israel GAZA - Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Palestinian government in Gaza called on Egypt to revise the Camp David Treaty which was signed with Israel.Giving a Khutbah at the Khalil al-Wazir mosque in Gaza, Haniyeh said, "we ask Egyptian authorities to revise mainly the ...
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Excerpts Safe exit for Assad proposed.AFP re Obama.Arab League re
Excerpts: Safe exit for Assad proposed.AFP re Obama.Arab League re Syria May 24, 2013 +++SOURCE: Saudi Gazette 24 ...
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Gender pay gap in Middle East between 20-40
DEAD SEA, JORDAN // Bringing female workers' pay closer in line with their male colleagues in the Middle East and North Africa is exercising the minds of delegates at the World Economic Forum as estimates put the pay gap at between 20 and 40 per cent. Getting women into the workforce has long been a challenge for policymakers in a region where levels of female joblessness are generally ...
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Increased Number of Displaced Syrians Returning from Jordan
Damascus, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Increasing numbers of Syrians displaced by the conflict in their country are voluntarily returning to their homeland from Jordan, national media are emphasizing here today. Based on reports from authorities in the neighboring country, the official news channel said on Friday that in recent days at least 645 people entered the country from the Hashemite Kingdom. ...
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Bahrain - Joint appeal to U.N. protests torture of detained rights defenders in Bahrain
The following is a joint appeal to three UN Special Rapporteurs calling for an investigation to torture in Bahraini prisons. The appeal, signed by over 50 NGOs, was initiated by the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights that was signed from NGOs worldwide:UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendezand UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights ...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs informs Secretary General of Arab League of Irans Threats against Bahrain
Manama, May 24th (BNA) -Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, sent an official letter to the Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Dr. Nabil El-Araby informing him and the Arab countries of the recent hostile and blatant threats committed against the Kingdom and its national security by one of the Iranian officials. This was in the light of the ...
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UAEs $3 bln aid for Egypt will take time - UAE finmin
SIR BU NUAYR ISLAND, United Arab Emirates | Fri May 24, 2013 11:14am EDT SIR BU NUAYR ISLAND, United Arab Emirates, May 24 (Reuters) - T he $3 billion in aid that the United Arab Emirates pledged for Egypt in 2011 will "take time" to be transferred, the UAE Finance Minister and Dubai Deputy Ruler said on Friday. "We are going in the right way but it will take time. I cannot ...
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UPDATE 1-Egypt tycoon to buy MTS fiber network in new Canada push
Fri May 24, 2013 11:10am EDT By Alastair Sharp and Euan Rocha TORONTO May 24 (Reuters) - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc will sell its Allstream fiber optic network to a company controlled by telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris for C$520 million ($502.8 million), a deal that signals the Egyptian billionaire is still keen on the Canadian market. Under an agreement announced on Friday, Accelero Capital ...
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Salman Khurshid in Saudi Arabia as 27000 more indians fly back
International News: New Delhi: Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today left on an official visit to Saudi Arabia for talks on a range of issues, including the controversial Nitaqat law, energy security and counter-terrorism cooperation. India will issue at least 27,000 more Emergency ...
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William Hague Solution to Middle East conflict is slipping away
William Hague has warned the Israelis and Palestinians that the prospect of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict is slipping away and that if the latest US-sponsored push for renewed talks is not grasped, the region faces a bleak ...
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Cardinal Leonardo Sandri To Visit Lebanon and Jordan
The Holy See announced that Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, will travel to Lebanon and Jordan this weekend. Cardinal Sandri will attend the ordination of new Maronite Bishops for Argentina and Australia this ...
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Al-Qaeda seizes territory in Yemens Hadramawt
Yemeni armed tribesmen, supported by the Yemeni army to fight with Al-Qaeda militants, ride a tank in the southern town of Loder in Abyan province on April 14, 2012. AFP ...
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Syria opposition skeptical as Russia says regime will talk
A member of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Faruq Tayfur, attends a meeting on May 23, 2013, in Istanbul. AFP PHOTO/BULENT ...
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Amnesty International criticizes torture in Egypt
Amnesty International says the administration of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi failed to implement reforms to eradicate torture. "No legal or policy reforms were implemented to eradicate torture under either the SCAF [Supreme Council of Armed Forces] or President Morsi's administration," the organization said. "Torture and other ill-treatment continued and security ...
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Kerry says Israelis Palestinians must make tough decisions
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders are nearing crunch time, when they must decide whether to revive long-dormant peace negotiations to end their decades-old conflict, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on ...
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Egypt 3 women killed in honor crime
LUXOR, Egypt (AP) -- An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offenses - so-called "honor ...
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Austria links UN peacekeepers to Syria arms ban
VIENNA (AP) -- Austria is urging an extension of the EU arms embargo for Syria, saying it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the region ...
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Kerrys focus on peace talks not settlements
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement construction where possible to help revitalize Middle East peace hopes, but stressed that the Jewish state and Palestinians alike should remain focused on the larger goal of restarting direct ...
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Tunisia Femen activist to face pepper spray charge
TUNIS: A young Tunisian women's rights activist, who was arrested at the weekend while protesting against hardline Islamists, has been charged with possessing pepper spray, her lawyer said on Thursday.The 18-year-old, known by the pseudonym Amina Tyler, who sparked controversy in March by posting topless pictures of herself online, has been summoned to appear in court next Thursday, ...
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Bahrain economic growth seen at 5 this year
Economic growth in Bahrain is expected to rise to more than five percent this year on the back of a rebound in oil production and expansion in non-oil ...
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