The Afghan government on Wednesday banned YouTube from the country for the first time to prevent people from watching an anti-Islam film, The Innocence of Muslims, which sparked a riot in Libya that killed...
Cairo (CNN) — Angry protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and hauled down the American flag, replacing it with a black flag with Islamic emblems. The incident prompted U.S....
(Reuters) – If Iran decides to make a nuclear weapon, the United States would have a little more than a year to act to stop it, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday. “It’s roughly...
Yemen’s defence minister has survived an assassination attempt which killed at least 11 people, including seven of his bodyguards, security officials say. The attack targeting Maj Gen Muhammad Nasir Ahmad took place near government...
(Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cancellation of a security cabinet session on Iranfollowing a media leak last week laid bare a conundrum long troubling Israeli strategists: could they count on any element of surprise...
CERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) — Experts and leaders gathered in Italy may disagree on the cure, but the malady seems clear: the world economy faces a “perfect storm” of risks that include prolongedcrisis in a structurally flawed Europe,...
(Reuters) – Anti-Islam groups in America have provided financial support to Dutch politician Geert Wilders, an anti-immigration campaigner who is seeking re-election to the Dutch parliament this week. While this is not illegal in...
Security forces in Yemen have killed Said al-Shihri, described as the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), government officials say. A Yemeni government website said al-Shihri was a Saudi national who was...
The Israeli authorities are growing increasingly intolerant of Christianity in the country, responding inadequately to violent attacks against the faith by Jewish extremists, a senior Vatican official in Jerusalem has warned. Police inaction and...
Rep. Mike Rogers, the Michigan Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, says that his much-discussed meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem late last month did, in fact, devolve into an...
