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 Egypt Brotherhood flexes muscle in election stunt
| AFP - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood organised on Thursday a kilometres-long rally to support its candidate in next week's presidential election, displaying the potent netw... (photo: AP / Mohammed Abou Zaid) France24
Egypt Election Muslim Photos Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012 |
 US Is Ready for Attack on Iran If Need Be, Says Ambassador to Israel
| The United States is militarily ready to carry out a strike on Iran to stop it from obtaining a nuclear weapon if international pressure fails, American ambassador to I... (photo: US Navy / MCS3 Alex R. Forster) ABC News
Iran Israel Photos US Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran |
 Diego Maradona in race to become UAE national coach
| Football legend Diego Maradona is in line to become the United Arab Emirates new head coach. | The new president of the UAE Football Association, Yousuf Al Serkal, said... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) Indian Express
League Photos Soccer Sport Star |
 Syria accused of new 'massacre,' UN team evacuated
| AFP - Syrian forces were accused of summarily executing 15 civilians, as members of a UN team of observers were evacuated from a shelled town the day after a bomb blast... (photo: AP) France24
Photos Syria UN Violece Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising |
 Syria's Assad 'doomed,' says Israel's Barak
| AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is "doomed," Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday, urging the international community to increase pressure on his e... (photo: AP / SANA) France24
Israel Photos Politics Syria Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present) |
 Exclusive - Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria - panel
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Re... (photo: AP) The Star
Arms Iran Photos Syria Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present) |
 Chinese in bold call for official's removal
| A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of B... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan) Al Jazeera
China Communism Photos Politics Wikipedia: Zhou Yongkang |
 Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
| Army leaders said Wednesday they are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder after r... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) The Washington Times
Afghanistan Leaders Medical Photos Troops Wikipedia: Posttraumatic stress disorder |
 U.S. sends warning to Saleh backers in Yemen
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday it may freeze their assets if they hamper the tran... (photo: US Army / D. Myles Cullen) Daily Press
Photos Qaeda Washington Wikipedia: 20112012 Yemeni revolution Yemen |
 Germany to give $190 mn to Afghanistan after 2014
Berlin, May 16: | Germany will give 150 million euros ($190 million) worth of cash aid to Afghanistan a year after international peacekeeping forces pull out on schedule ... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) The Siasat Daily
Afghanistan Berlin Germany Photos War Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
 Afghan shrines last resort for Afghan mentally ill
| JALALABAD, Afghanistan - The young man sits nearly naked in a small concrete room, a thick, heavy chain fastened around his ankle and bolted to the wall. Flies swarm ar... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Herald Tribune
Afghanistan Defence Photos War Waste Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
 Shot soldier Aaron Deans hopes to return to Afghanistan
A soldier who was shot in the back in a Taliban ambush is hoping to return to the front line in Afghanistan. | L/Cpl Aaron Deans, 21, of Washington, was driving an armour... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) BBC News
Afghanistan Ambush Photos Taliban Washington Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
 Veterans Deserve to Be Economically Empowered
| Sergeant Adam Widner had just finished nine months of personal-security detail in Afghanistan, where he was constantly on alert for those seeking to harm or kill him an... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Huffington Post
Afghanistan Defence Photos Security War Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
 Annan urges Syria to stop delaying humanitarian aid
| AFP - UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged Syria to stop delaying UN access to more than one million Syrians in need of assistance. | The United Nations has... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) France24
Arab Photos Syria UN Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present) |
 Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali
| Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and u... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore) Al Jazeera
Human Rights Mali Military Photos Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état |
 Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. | It says fighting on the border betw... (photo: UN / /Isaac Billy) BBC News
Food Photos South Sudan War Wikipedia: South Sudan |
 India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance
| Washington, May 16 (IANS) Global trade logistics performance slowed down over the last two years amid the global recession, but India and others that pursued aggressive... (photo: WN / prajkta) Newstrack India
India Photos Trade Washington Wikipedia: Trade |
 Pakistan president to attend NATO summit
| Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanis... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Al Jazeera
Afghan Nato Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: NATO logistics in the Afghan War |
 'Rendition' Libyan commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj to form his own party
Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a prominent Islamist commander suing MI6 over his alleged rendition by the CIA in 2004, is poised to emerge as a powerful political force in Libya af... (photo: AP / Francois Mori) The Daily Telegraph
Islamist Libya Photos Politics Wikipedia: Libyan civil war |
 Palestinians march in annual mourning ritual
| RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians are marching in the West Bank to mark the anniversary of their uprooting during the war over Israel's creation. |... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Guardian
Israel Palestinians Photos Protests Wikipedia: 1948 Palestinian exodus |
