The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 09:19
Israel arrested 10 West Bank-based members of the Islamist movement Hamas overnight, the army said Monday, although Palestinian officials put the number at 15.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 09:16
Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr charged all 14 cell members with "carrying out terrorist acts and booby-trapping cars with the aim of detonating them in specific parts of Lebanon."
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 09:15
Police in Bahrain say a homemade bomb targeting a police patrol has wounded an unspecified number of policemen, the latest in escalating violence in the tense Gulf nation.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 09:14
The Lebanese Army began Sunday taking measures, including setting up checkpoints and mounting patrols between the warring parties.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 07:20
The U.N. envoy also proposed the establishment of humanitarian zone inside Syria in order to decrease the influx of refugees into neighboring countries particularly Lebanon which houses an estimated 1.3 million refugees.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 07:19
Tunisia's ruling Islamists and the opposition met Saturday to discuss a new constitution on the second day of hard-won negotiations to resolve a months-old political crisis.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 07:18
Algeria's energy minister says a new oil field containing an estimated 1.3 billion barrels has been discovered.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 07:16
The Lebanese Army enhanced Sunday its presence in the northern city of Tripoli as the death toll from the seven days of fighting between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad rose to at least 16 and over 80 wounded.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 07:15
Bahrain's appeals court on Sunday cut the jail terms of two policemen convicted of torturing to death a Shiite detainee after a 2011 crackdown on protests, a judicial source said.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 07:14
Germany has warned Israel to attend a periodic UN human rights review on Tuesday or face "severe diplomatic damage", Haaretz newspaper reported on Sunday.