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UN slams Egypt’s crackdown on protesters

Sat Mar 8, 2014 16:02:16

A group of 27 countries on the United Nations Human Rights Council have slammed the military-installed government of Egypt for its wide-scale use of violence against anti-government protesters.

Bombing at Cairo tram station injures at least one

Sat Mar 8, 2014 15:25:05

A blast, described as a suspected homemade bomb, has ripped through a tram station in the Egyptian capital of Cairo wounding at least one person, security officials said.

Syria opposition confirms new military chief

Sat Mar 8, 2014 14:45:07

The foreign-backed Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has finally named Brigadier General Abdullah al-Bashir as the official head of its military wing after weeks of disagreements.

UK school allows 14-year-olds to smoke

Sat Mar 8, 2014 14:21:02

A headmistress in Britain has defended her decision to allow pupils as young as 14 to have official smoking breaks.

Saudi Arabia orders return of native militants

Sat Mar 8, 2014 14:18:15

Saudi Arabia has called on its citizens waging insurgency wars abroad to return back to the kingdom within 15 days or face imprisonment.

Footage of executing 7 civilians by ISIL terrorists

Sat Mar 8, 2014 12:50:56

In their latest atrocity, elements of the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Syria that calls itself Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has executed in cold blood seven Syrian natives, including a 10-year-old child, with their machine guns.

Amnesty urges Riyadh to free rights activists

Sat Mar 8, 2014 11:13:30

Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia to release two founders of a local human rights organization who have spent nearly a year behind bars.

Saudi Kingdom: Praying publicly, preying privately

Sat Mar 8, 2014 11:00:38

Misleading a generation of Muslim youth to create a “Sunni” militia to launch sectarian warfare will ultimately recoil on the House of Saud. It is setting itself up for a fall.

Saudi Arabia to establish female-only tech-town

Sat Mar 8, 2014 10:23:46

Saudi Arabia has announced plans to develop an industrial city that would only hire female employees, ahead of the International Women’s Day and in an apparent bid to whitewash its awful record of women’s rights violations.

Egypt police kills 3, injures dozens of protesters

Sat Mar 8, 2014 09:53:14

Egyptian police has killed three protesters and injured dozens more in street battles with supporters of Muslim Brotherhood across the country.

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