Violent protests have continued across the Middle East in response to a film made in the US seen as insulting to Islam. Western countries have appealed for an end to violent protests targeting their embassies, sparked by a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. Read article
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A protester has been shot dead by police outside the US embassy in Yemen, the Reuters news service has reported. Up to 5,000 protesters stormed the US compound in Sanaa as anger about an anti-Muslim film spreads in the Middle East. Read article
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According to the Washington Post, Egypt’s tour guides demonstrated Sunday, protesting that they are attacked by souvenir vendors and unlicensed competitors at famed sites like the Valley of the Kings tombs in Luxor or Cairo’s medieval citadel. The turmoil reflects the crisis in Egypt’s vital tourism industry, which has suffered from the country’s internal unrest […]
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Israel has asked foreign security forces around the world, including those in Cyprus and Greece, to increase protection for Israeli tourists ahead of the high holidays, defense sources revealed Wednesday. The request also went out to police and governments in Thailand and other countries, where large numbers of Israelis are set to visit in the […]
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COMMENT: As most of our readers know, there has been extensive international media coverage, both print and broadcast, in recent weeks speculating as to when Israel could initiate military action against Iran to counter Tehran’s progress in developing a nuclear military capability. Although there is no certainty as to when Israel might act preemptively, it […]
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A 22-year-old German woman has died and teenager seriously injured after a boating accident on holiday in Turkey, it was reported on Wednesday. She was thrown from an inflatable ring into another boat. Read Article
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A British tourist is facing jail in Dubai for up to a year – for swearing and blasphemy. Andrew Graham, 40, reportedly called the Islamic prophet Muhammad a ‘terrorist’ in a heated row with salesman in a Dubai shopping mall, a court heard yesterday. He faces spending a year in a Dubai jail if he […]
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Death for Kuwaiti man, jail for wife in robbery, rape, murder of expat KUWAIT CITY: A Criminal Court supervised by Advisor Adel Al-Saqer ordered the execution of 25-year old citizen working in Ministry of Defense and sentenced his wife to 10 years imprisonment for her role in thefts, rape and premeditated murder of an Asian […]
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Yemen’s foreign minister has vowed to do everything possible to track down the kidnappers of an Italian embassy security officer and obtain his safe release, state news agency Saba said. Gunmen seized the security officer near the Italian embassy in the capital Sanaa on Sunday, Yemeni security sources said. No information has been revealed so […]
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Three tourists, all women, were killed and six injured in a blast inside a tourist bus, which government said was the result of a gas cylinder blast. The bus, a Tempo Traveller, was heading to Pahalgam, a well-known tourist resort when a sudden explosion tore through it at Zuripora near Anantnag town. Read Article
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