Islamist group’s statement on Wednesday follows a refusal by Kenya to withdraw its troops from Somalia
Pakistan’s Terror Capital: Inside Peshawar, a City Under Siege
In one week alone, the frontier city has seen nearly 150 killed in three separate bombings, and yet somehow its residents muster the will to carry on
The World’s Most Expensive Coffee Is a Cruel Cynical Scam
For the most part, civet coffee is not harvested in the wild in limited quantities but mass produced by animals kept in appalling conditions — it’s high time we stopped drinking it
Carry a Passport From an Arab Country? Get to the Back of the Line
New study on the world’s worst passports finds that Arabs and nationals of predominantly Muslim countries face major hassles going abroad
Egyptian Authorities ‘Beat Up’ Ohio State Grad in Cairo Prison
An Egyptian-American activist arrested in August claims in a letter smuggled from prison that Egyptian security personnel beat him, denied him medical attention and joked about killing detainees.
Dual citizen Mohamed Soltan, a …
At U.N., Israel’s Netanyahu Warns of Iranian Nuclear Threat
Updated at 3:48 p.m., Oct. 1
Benjamin Netanyahu began his career in politics talking toward the glossy black eye of the television camera. With no particular background in the give-and-take of retail politics back home in …
Netanyahu Dismisses Iran’s ‘Charm Offensive’
‘A wolf in sheep’s clothing’
Iraq’s Months of Sectarian Violence May Lead to a Civil War
Early Monday morning, more than a dozen car bombs ripped through mostly Shi‘ite neighborhoods in Baghdad, killing at least 50 people and leaving dozens lying bloodied in the streets. The worst attack that day was in heavily …
Group Says Syria Death Toll at 115,000
More than 41,000 civilians have been killed in the two-and-a-half year civil war
Pope Francis Talks Spirituality in New Interview
Displaying a sense of humor, the leader of the Catholic Church discusses faith with an influential Italian atheist
Italy’s Youth Unemployment Reaches New All-Time High
While euro zone unemployment maintained a steady 12% in August, Italy’s jobless rate rose from 12.1% to 12.2%. But it was youth unemployment that took the worst hit in the euro zone’s third largest economy, reaching a new all-time high of 40.1% from 39.7% in July, reports the Guardian.
The rise comes at a time of political …
Chemical Weapons Officials Prepare To Dismantle Syria’s Stockpile
A 20-strong international team of engineers, chemists and paramedics is due to arrive in Syria today to embark on one of the most hazardous missions in the history of disarmament: to dismantle one of the world’s biggest …
World Shrugs Off U.S. Shutdown, But Braces For What’s Next
World markets can deal with the fact that Congress hasn’t agreed on a budget, but it’s the looming default crisis that has them spooked