Mahmoud Abbas warns of 'national disaster' if hunger striking prisoners were to die The Daily Telegraph Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, has warned of a "national disaster" if any of the 1,550 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails were to die. | 'The situation of the prisoners is extremely dangerous,' Mr Abbas told a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's executive ...
Bahrain extends detention of human rights activist The Daily Telegraph Bahrain has extended the detention of human rights activist Nabeel Rajab for participating in a January anti-government rally, his lawyer said on Sunday, after he was arrested over tweets deemed insulting to the government. | Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab Photo: REUTERS | 4:30PM B...
Are Americans Catching On, Waking Up, Unplugging? Pakalert Press Share | In response to the question in the title I can report that most of my readers are. Almost everyone got the point of the last column. They see the absurdity of the government’s claim that the identity of the tough, macho Navy Seals, who alle...
Car bomb explodes near security agencies in Syria Herald Tribune | BEIRUT - A strong explosion shook Syria's eastern city of Deir el-Zour Saturday, apparently targeting a security agency in the latest of a wave of blasts to hit the country in recent months, state media and opposition activists reported. Enlarge | ...
Iraqi VP put on Interpol wanted list Al Jazeera | Tariq al-Hashemi, the Iraqi vice president, has been placed on an Interpol "red notice". | The notice pressures all 190 members of the Lyon-based police co-operative to arrest an...
Terror plot to bomb US-bound plane foiled Newstrack India | Washington, May 8 (IANS) The US and other intelligence agencies broke up a terrorist plot to bomb a US-bound airliner and seized an explosive device, similar to the ones earlier ...
Suspected white supremacist reportedly planned attack on Mexican consulate LA Daily News By Amy Forliti The Associated PressAssociated PressPosted: 05/18/2012 12:01:53 PM PDTMay 18, 2012 7:6 PM GMTUpdated: 05/18/2012 12:04:15 PM PDT | MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota man with suspected ties to white supremacist groups planned to a...
APNewsbreak: 3 Irish dissidents arrested Atlanta Journal | LONDON — Three senior Irish dissidents were arrested and charged with a range of serious and rarely used terror offenses, Northern Irish police said Friday. Election 2012: Across the nation | AdWatch: Romney "day one" vows are missing caveats...
Clinton presses Pakistan to do more on militancy BBC News US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Pakistan to do more to crack down on militancy, as she ends a two-day trip to neighbouring India. | Mrs Clinton said Pakistan's government needed to ensure that its territory is not used for launching attacks anywhere, including inside Pakistan. | Addressing reporters with Indian Foreign Mini...
Yemen's hidden war with al-Qaeda BBC News Since 12 May fierce fighting has been raging in southern Yemen between government forces, backed by US advisers, and Islamist militants allied to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). | More than 130 people have reportedly been killed. | Largely unseen by the rest of the world, artillery shells are crashing into mountainsides, gunmen are blazin...
