A Palestinian man currently detained in prison has successfully obtained a Master’s degree from the West Bank’s Birzeit University. Zakaria Zubeidi, who is one of six prisoners who escaped from Israel’s Gilboa prison in September last year, received hi…
Taliban still illegitimate rulers: Afghan women activists
The Taliban remain illegitimate rulers despite a declaration by thousands of male clerics endorsing their hardline government, Afghan women activists said Sunday. The clerics pledged allegiance to the Taliban and its reclusive leader Saturday following…
Shark attack kills two women in Egypt’s Red Sea: ministry
Two women were killed in a shark attack in a resort town on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, the environment ministry said Sunday, after a video said to be of one the attacks emerged. “Two women were attacked by a shark while swimming” in the Sahl Hasheesh area …
Ex-Iran president’s daughter charged with propaganda, blasphemy
The daughter of Iran’s former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was charged with carrying out propaganda activity against the country and blasphemy in social media comments, the judiciary said Sunday. “The indictment… has been issued and referred to…
Palestine hands bullet that killed journalist to US
ThePalestinian Authority handed the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to US forensic experts on Saturday, its attorney general said. The Palestinian Authority was assured that no modifications would be made to the bullet that k…
Actress Lindsay Lohan celebrates birthday as married woman
Actress Lindsay Lohan is celebrating her 36th birthday on Saturday as a married woman. The “Freaky Friday” star said she was the “luckiest woman in the world” in an Instagram post Friday that pictured her with Lebanese financier Bader Shammas, who had …
Norwegian anti-Islam extremist group leader’s car rammed
The leader of an extremist Norwegian anti-Islamic group was in a spectacular car chase and collision on Saturday, minutes after burning a Quran on the outskirts of Oslo. Norwegian police said they arrested two people, including the driver of a car accu…
Egyptian shark attack kills woman
Egyptian authorities on Saturday closed off a stretch of the country’s Red Sea coastline, a day after a shark attack killed an Austrian woman swimming near the resort of Hurghada. The 68-year-old woman, who lost a leg and an arm in the shark attack, di…
Israel says downed 3 Hezbollah drones headed to gas field
The Israeli army said it intercepted three drones launched by Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement Saturday that were headed towards an offshore gas field in the Mediterranean. “Three hostile drones approaching the airspace in Israel’s economic waters have bee…
Libyan protesters say rallies should continue
Libyan protesters say they will keep demonstrating until all the ruling elites quit power after rallies in most main cities on Friday culminated in a crowd storming the parliament building and torching parts of it. Protesters held their biggest rally i…