Barred from Jerusalem for crime of being Palestinian
01 Jul 2010: To say that Palestinian Murad Abu-Khalaf's roots are in Jerusalem is a serious understatement. His family lived in the Baka district of West Jerusalem until they were forced to leave in the war of 1948. They have since lived – and live – in the innerThe Iranian Threat
30 Jun 2010: The dire threat of Iran is widely recognized to be the most serious foreign policy crisis facing the Obama administration. Congress has just strengthened the sanctions against Iran, with even more severe penalties against foreign companies. The ObamaIsraeli Document: Gaza Blockade economic warfare against Hamas
10 Jun 2010: As Israel ordered a slight easing of its blockade of the Gaza Strip Wednesday, McClatchy obtained an Israeli government document that describes the blockade not as a security measure but as "economic warfare" against the Islamist group Hamas, which rulesUS Supreme Court: no immunity for Mohamed Ali Samatar
02 Jun 2010: A former Somali prime minister is not protected by sovereign immunity from a lawsuit in the United States for alleged torture and human rights abuses, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. In a unanimous decision, the high court handed a defeat to MohamedUS takes the sting out of UN council resolution critical of Israel
02 Jun 2010: When Turkey’s foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, entered the UN Security Council on Monday afternoon, he urged the 15-nation body to condemn Israel’s deadly commando raid on the Gaza aid flotilla “in the strongest terms”. Using powerful language,Israeli Attack on Gaza Aid Ship Violates International Law
01 Jun 2010: Last night, Israeli commandos boarded a Turkish aid ship on its way to Gaza. It is reported that they killed ten to fifteen activists and injured thirty more. The flotilla was attacked in international waters, 65km off the Gaza coast. Organizers said theTerror in the name of the God of Israel
01 Jun 2010: The standing military of United States most ardent allay, Israel has killed 16 peaceful humanitarian workers in international waters on ships carrying aid to starving gentiles in Ghaza. It was all done in the name of God as the Israeli soldiers stormingU.S. forced American Muslims into exile and revokes their citizenships for assassinations
17 May 2010: An American Muslim civil rights group has accused the U.S. government of forcing an American citizen into exile because of his faith. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on the U.S. Department of Justice to lookONLF commander denies his own death
13 May 2010: The deputy commander of Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), Abdikarin Sheikh Muse says he still alive and continuing with the fighting to free Ethiopian-controlled Somali region. Speaking to Voice of America’s Somali service, Muse strongly deniedFlirting with change that Britons can believe in
05 May 2010: DRAMA, suspense, irony and regret all clash in the chorus of confusion and contradiction in the build-up to Britain’s general election tomorrow. This political equivalent of Britain’s Got Talent pits Labour Party Prime Minister Gordon Brown,US renews Syria threats over alleged Scuds to Hezbollah
22 Apr 2010: The United States has repeated its warning to Syria over an alleged transfer of ballistic missiles to Lebanon's Hezbollah, boasting all options are on the table. Speaking to a congressional committee on Wednesday, Assistant Secretary for Near EasternIndia, the United Nations and Kashmir
20 Apr 2010: Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India’s assertion that “there can be no redrawing of borders in Jammu Kashmir” and former Indian Supreme Court judge Saghir Ahmad’s recommendation “to restore the autonomy to the extent possible” needCharity Reprieve launches legal bid to name alleged terror suspect
15 Apr 2010: The charity Reprieve is today launching a legal battle to force the British Government to name a suspected terrorist who is being held in Afghanistan The man, who Reprieve today said is thought to be Yunus Rahmatullah, was one of two alleged terroristsMohamed Ali Samatar: Pro-Israel briefs argue alleged Somali war criminal should be immune from suit
07 Apr 2010: Mohammed Ali Samantar is the only living vestige of the Barre regime, the last government in two decades to exercise central control over Somalia and, not coincidentally, the last that was impudent enough to try. When Siad Barre was finally overthrown inSecret tape reveals Tory backing for ban on gays
04 Apr 2010: The Tories were embroiled in a furious row over lesbian and gay rightson Saturday after the shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, was secretly taped suggesting that people who ran bed and breakfasts in their homes should "have the right" to turn awayPuntland president meets with Ethiopian FM
03 Apr 2010: The president of Somalia's Puntland State government Dr. Abdirahman Mohammed Farole has held meeting with Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister Seyoum Mesfin in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The meeting which was held in Hotel Sharaton, where Puntlandslashnews
CIA accused of ordering kidnap of former Pakistani spy
The wife of Khalid Khawaja claims that her husband, who was once a confidante of Osama bin Laden, was taken at the request of the American intelligence service as he travelled through Pakistan's lawless tribal belt. On Monday a group calling itself the
Yemen court upholds Israel spy's death sentence
A death sentence for a Yemeni man, Bassam Abdullah al-Haidari, convicted of spying for Israel has been upheld by an appeals court. In March 2009, a state security court sentenced the 27-year-old to death after convicting him of establishing contacts with
Mosque building brings Islamophobia fears to Poland
In a sight familiar in some west European countries but new to Poland, dozens of protesters demonstrated in a Warsaw suburb last weekend against the construction of a mosque. Plans by Poland's tiny Muslim community to build a place of worship and an
Puntland president meets with Ethiopian FM
The president of Somalia's Puntland State government Dr. Abdirahman Mohammed Farole has held meeting with Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister Seyoum Mesfin in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The meeting which was held in Hotel Sharaton, where Puntland