The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 11:42
Around 12,000 preachers not approved by the state had been removed from service, the statement added, without giving a timeframe. Last September, the minister of religious endowments said he aimed to bar 55,000 unlicensed clerics.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 11:41
In the early hours of the morning, Army units deployed heavily in Brital and Baalbek and carried out raids to apprehend kidnapping suspects and car thieves, a security source told The Daily Star.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 11:40
A Libyan air force officer was killed Wednesday, and his wife and daughter seriously injured, when a bomb placed under his car exploded in the eastern city of Benghazi, officials said.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 11:29
The hearing is the fifth in a trial which has sparked an international outcry and fuelled fears of a media crackdown by the military-installed authorities since the army deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 08:34
Following news reports that settlers had thrown stones at reservist troops, slashed their tents, spilled kerosene and overturned equipment at a Jewish enclave near Nablus, Netanyahu demanded that defence chiefs "act with all due force" to enforce the law.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 08:33
The incidents underscored the volatility in Yemen more than two years after long-serving President Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down following months of protests by Yemenis demanding democratic reforms.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 08:32
“Army units and armed forces completed their operations in the town of Rankous in Damascus province and restored security and stability to the town after killing a large number of terrorists,” the agency said.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 08:05
Attacks in Iraq left 15 people dead Tuesday while security forces said they killed 25 militants near Baghdad amid worries insurgents are encroaching on the capital weeks ahead of elections.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 08:04
An Iraqi electoral official says there will be no balloting in parts of the Sunni-dominated Anbar province engulfed in clashes between security forces and Al-Qaeda-inspired militants.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 08:03
The main border crossing between Libya and Tunisia, a gateway for contraband Libyan petrol whose closure nearly a month ago fuelled tensions in southern Tunisia, reopened on Monday.