CAIRO (AP) — A leading international rights group on Thursday urged authorities in Yemen to set 18 as the minimum age for marriage to improve girls' opportunities for education and protect their human rights.
Human Rights Watch said widespread (...)
CAIRO: The long-estranged leaders of the two rival Palestinian political movements said Thursday they significantly narrowed differences and opened a new page in relations in reconciliation talks in Cairo.
Despite the upbeat tone, it remained (...)
CAIRO — A statement from the family of a Yemeni militant and his son, both U.S. citizens killed in separate airstrikes, criticizes the American attacks as unjustified.
Anwar al-Awlaki, a leading member of al-Qaida's Yemen branch, was killed in a (...)
CAIRO: A top Al-Qaeda ideologue vowed revenge Monday for the killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces, in the first jihadist admission of the militant leader's death.
The prominent commentator, going by the online name "Assad Al-Jihad2," posted on (...)
CAIRO: Qatar plans to propose one of its top diplomats to the post of Arab League secretary-general to replace outgoing Egyptian Amr Moussa.
Moussa, whose tenure ends May 15, plans to run in Egypt's presidential election that are expected later (...)
CAIRO: A moderate Islamic party outlawed for 15 years was granted official recognition Saturday by an Egyptian court in a sign of increasing political openness after the fall of autocratic President Hosni Mubarak.
Al-Wasat Al-Jadid, or the New (...)
CAIRO: Al-Qaeda's No. 2 offered his condolences in an audio message issued Sunday for the nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists killed in a confrontation with Israeli commandos, but slammed the Turkish government for its support of Israel.
The (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian officials say 25 people have been killed in two road accidents in the country's south.
A security official in the southern town of Sohag said 14 people were killed and five injured Wednesday when a van trying to avoid a parked (...)
CAIRO: Egypt has dismissed US criticism of its detention of scores of protesters who rallied earlier this week in Cairo demanding constitutional reforms to allow more open elections.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said in a statement (...)
CAIRO: The Arab League recommended on Wednesday to withdraw its support for indirect talks between Palestinians and Israelis due to recent announcements of new settlement building in east Jerusalem.
The league s peace initiative committee s (...)
CAIRO: Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden described President Barack Obama as powerless to stop the war in Afghanistan, and Americans inability to grasp why the Sept. 11 attacks occurred has cost you a lot without any result whatsoever.
The remarks (...)
CAIRO: Al-Qaeda s No. 2 slurred Barack Obama with a demeaning racial term for a black American who does the bidding of whites in a new Web message Wednesday intended to dent the president-elect s popularity among Arabs and Muslims and claim he will (...)
CAIRO: Al-Qaeda confirmed in a Web statement Sunday the death of a senior commander known as a top explosives and poisons expert, who is believed to have been killed in a US air strike in Pakistan last week.
The statement said Abu Khabab Al-Masri (...)
CAIRO: Amnesty International criticized Egypt on Thursday for deporting 200 Eritreans seeking asylum, saying the Africans would be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment at home.
The rights group said Egypt was preparing to deport an (...)
CAIRO: Egypt hosted a mini-summit of Arab leaders Wednesday to address the issues splitting the region, particularly the ongoing political crisis in Lebanon and the divisions among the Palestinians.
President Hosni Mubarak met with his (...)
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak warned Tuesday that continued insults to Prophet Mohamed will just make the situation worse for everyone, while at the same time criticizing the extremists using these insults to justify their actions.
Mubarak also (...)
CAIRO: US President George W. Bush has the responsibility to move the peace process forward after he held the November Annapolis talks, the Arab League chief said Sunday, ahead of the president s visit.
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa (...)
CAIRO: The government has compensated 17 Copts whose property was damaged by angry Muslims last week in Isna, a local official said Tuesday.
Authorities distributed LE 1,265,000 to 17 owners of cars and shops that were damaged in the town of Isna (...)
CAIRO: Egypt s foreign minister and a visiting Palestinian official on Monday said Israel s construction plans for a contested east Jerusalem neighborhood and West Bank endanger the Mideast peace process.
The building has enraged Palestinians who (...)
CAIRO: Angry Muslims attacked and destroyed shops owned by Coptic Christians on Sunday in a town in southern Egypt that has been witnessing sectarian tensions, a police official said.
The attackers hurled stones and set fire to several shops, (...)
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak said Sunday that without proper preparations or a clear agenda, the upcoming US-sponsored Mideast peace conference will be a failure, echoing doubts of other regional leaders.
US President George W. Bush called for (...)
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CAIRO: Turnout for a referendum on amendments to Egypt s constitution last month was only five percent, far lower than the 27 percent reported by the government, Egyptian human rights groups said Tuesday.
Voting in the (...)
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CAIRO: The defense lawyer for an Egyptian-Canadian man on trial on charges of spying for Israel asked the Cairo court on Wednesday to drop the charges against his client, saying his confession was made under duress while being (...)
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CAIRO: Egypt s Criminal Court on Monday ordered the release of the banned Muslim Brotherhood s No. 3 leader and 15 others after 45 days in detention, the Islamist group and police said.
The group s third-highest ranking (...)
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CAIRO: Arab and Islamic officials on Sunday condemned Israel for arresting the Palestinian parliament speaker and called for his immediate release.
Egypt, the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference said the (...)