Muslim fury: LIVE anti-US protest timeline (PHOTOS) - RT.com
23:00 GMT: Egypts highest Islamic legal official has urged Muslims to endure the insults connected with the anti-Islam film and caricatures peacefully, citing the example of Prophet Mohammed who endured all personal insults and attacks without retaliation.. 10:51 GMT: The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has declared Friday, September 21 a national holiday to express its protest over the US-made film Innocence of Muslims, television channel Al-Arabiya reports.
Obama to reveal Isis strategy ��� but pledges no Iraq war.
Barack Obama will soon announce his plan to tackle Isis, which may include sending more support to Kurdish peshmerga troops fighting Isis in Iraq. Photograph:. Iraq has welcomed greater US military involvement, but the Obama administration has been keen to emphasise that its offensive against Isis does not amount to tacit support for the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. Rather.. Paris anti-terror rally: all religions, ages and nations in massive show of unity. 4��.
US prepares for security risks from torture report
According to many U.S. officials who have read it, the document alleges that the harsh interrogations failed to produce unique and life-saving intelligence. And it asserts that the CIA lied about the covert program to officials at the White House, the.
Facebook launches new app for its Groups feature
President Barack Obama will spend most of the coming week previewing more of the proposals he will outline in his annual State of the Union policy address, including on identity theft, electronic privacy and cybersecurity, the White House says.
The Lighthouse Dims
In an agonized reflection on the collapse of Arab culture, Hisham Melhem, the Washington bureau chief of Al Arabiya, recently wrote that a ���byproduct of the depredation of the national security state and resurgent Islamism has been the slow death of.
Iraqs PM Maliki Warns Of Turmoil If He Is Replaced
The White House commended al-Maliki for backing al-Abadi and expressed hope that the power shift can set Iraq on a new path and unite its people against the threat from Islamic militants, national security adviser Susan Rice. The U.S. and other countries have been pushing for a more representative government that will ease anger among Sunnis, who felt marginalized by al-Malikis administration, helping fuel the dramatic sweep by the Islamic State extremist��.
US bombs Al-Qaeda group for third time in Syria
The Khorasan group had been an obscure cell until U.S. intelligence officials flagged it in September, days before dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched from naval ships against the militants near Aleppo. The White House has said the group .
Abandoned Yazidis seek US action from White House trip
They met State Department officials, congressional staff and ambassadors to various human rights commissions. In the White House, the delegation met Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, who meets with President .
Live Blog - Libya Feb 22 - Al Jazeera Blogs
Al Arabiya asks him: What happened?. 11.01pm: Al Jazeeras Sherine Tadros tells us eyewitnesses report police going through Tripoli and removing barricades put in place by residents to protect their homes from attack during the past few days.. 10.29pm: While Libyan state TV shows footage of a pro-Gaddafi rally somewhere in the country, our colleagues over at Al Jazeera Arabic have just screened very different footage - of the crowds reaction to Gaddafis��.
Exclusive: Burns led secret US back channel to Iran | The.
Geneva, Switzerland __ Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has led a secret U.S. back channel to Iran going back to before the June election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, U.S. officials told Al-Monitor.. Led by Burns, the USs second highest ranking diplomat and a former lead US Iran nuclear negotiator, the US effort to form direct contacts with Iran also includes two officials from the Obama White House: Jake Sullivan, the national security advisor to��.
Top Israeli official: US-Israel relations in crisis
A series of statements contributed to the animosity between Yaalon and senior White House officials. In January, Yaalon described Kerry as ���obsessive and messianic��� while speaking about the U.S. Secretary of States efforts to resume Palestinian.
I saw horror, says witness inside Charlie Hebdo office as.
It cited a ���senior US administration official��� who said it was believed that one of the two suspects, Sa��d Kouachi, had trained with Al Qaeda in Yemen. Another told AFP both brothers had been on a US terror watch list ���for years��.
Obama ready for Syria ground war as Kurds flee
King, a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security and chairman of its counterterrorism and intelligence group, also said CIA officers and Special Forces would need to be a part of a ground invasion. ���We should basically be putting as much fear .
Beheading, Washington style
The scene at the White House was painful, somber and humiliating, with some elements borrowed from Greek tragedy the way Aristotle defined it in the ���Poetics.��� There were two main characters, like most tragedies, one endowed with the power of a Deus ex .
White House gives Israel defense minister the cold shoulder
The Israeli official did meet with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power. He only met with the latter after the White House was too late to instruct Power to not meet with Yalon, the Associated Press reported.
Obama orders review into US hostage policy
���The administrations goal has always been to use every appropriate resource within the bounds of the law to assist families to bring their loved ones home,��� Alistair Baskey, the White House National Security Council spokesman, said in a statement.
Arabs in Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria are literally dying.
CAIRO, March 19 (Reuters) ��� A witness told Al Arabiya television on Saturday that Zintan in western Libya was being bombarded and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafis tanks were approaching the town. ���Now we are being bombed. rebel-held Benghazi The advance into Libyas second city of 670,000 people appears to be an attempt to preempt Western military intervention which diplomats say will come only after an international meeting in Paris later on Saturday.
US disavows harsh criticism of Israels Netanyahu
Netanyahu added that he ���laud[ed] the deep connection we have with the United States.��� The White House distanced itself from the sharp criticism of Netanyahu after the unidentified administration official reportedly used an off-color term to describe him.
Iran nuclear talks extended until end of June
���If we can do it (get a deal) sooner, we want to do it sooner,��� Kerry said. ���These talks are not going to get easier just because we extend them. Theyre tough. Theyve been tough. And theyre going to stay tough.��� The White House said Iran should be.
Al Qaeda Plans for War With Israel - The Daily Beast
Shehri was held in Guantanamo for six years after being caught in Pakistan in December 2001 before being sent back home to his native Saudi Arabia and then fleeing to Yemen to help set up AQAP. He has been a creative strategist for AQAP from its.. died in a U.S. drone strike later that year. ���We do not have confirmed information that he was trained by al Qaeda, but what was confirmed was that he has met with Awlaki in Shabwa,��� the Yemeni official told Reuters.
US gives boost to young Moroccan entrepreneurs
Pending MCC board approval and congressional notification, the new investment will be made as part of an agreement that is expected to be signed in 2015, the White House said. Biden said the United States and Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo are .
Saudi Arabia Refuses Visa to American Jewish Journalist
Tony Blinken, a special assistant to President Obama, was also reported to have issued a request to Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabias ambassador to the U.S.. In another Twitter exchange, Wilner answered a reporter��.
Police seal off Paris in huge manhunt for Charlie Hebdo.
Late on Wednesday night, a squad of French commandos was reported to have carried out a raid on an apartment in the city of Reims as part of the hunt for two gunmen and an accomplice ��� who were identified by officers ��� but it. There were rallies in solidarity around the world.. They forced a woman cartoonist to key in the entry code to the building, and stormed into at least two other offices sharing the block demanding to know the whereabouts of Charlie Hebdo.
White House intruder had huge stash of ammunition, court hears
A second man was arrested on Saturday for trespassing at the White House after approaching the White House gates on foot, being sent away and then returned in a vehicle, the Secret Service said. The agency has increased security around the White House .
Libya News Latest Real-Time Updates - NewsBlogged
. Alawsat English Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat���As Libyas two rival governments gear up for another round of reconciliation talks in Geneva this week under the auspices of the UN, the countrys Tobruk-based government is continuing its attempts to impose its authority over ���. Libyas factions have agreed to a new round of United Nations-backed negotiations to attempt to end the conflict destabilising the North African country three years after Moamar Gaddafi was toppled in a civil war.
Live Blog - Libya - Al Jazeera Blogs
2:00am: A group of Libyan army officers have reportedly issued a statement urging fellow soldiers to ���join the people��� and help remove Gaddafi from power 1:42am: In a. 1:01am: Reports flowing in of protests in solidarity with Libyan anti-Gaddafi activists being organised in London, Berlin, Paris, Washington DC, Cairo, New York City.. Twitter users @shihabeldin and @abuzaakouk posted this video from a solidarity rally in front of the White House in the US capital:��.
US Policy Vs. Syria Indicative of Exhausted Legitimacy
The United States will, for the first time, send supplies through the rebels central military headquarters, with U.S. advisers supervising the distribution of food rations and medical supplies, U.S. officials said. The shift is intended. [Saudi Arabias] Bandar and other Saudis have assured the White House that ���they will keep a very close eye on the religious fundamentalists... French security agencies successfully liquidate all suspects in the recent Paris shooting.January��.
Land Destroyer: Syrian War: The Prequel
Saudis and Americans admit sectarian extremists - the foundation of Al Qaeda - are under their control. May 10, 2012 - As previously stated, the Muslim Brotherhood and various hardline sectarian political factions sweeping into power in the wake of the US-engineered Arab Spring, have been feigning anti-Israeli and anti-Western.. [Saudi Arabias] Bandar and other Saudis have assured the White House that ���they will keep a very close eye on the religious fundamentalists.
Iraq News Latest Real-Time Updates - NewsBlogged
Shinji Okazaki, who has been in a rich vein of form for German club Mainz, scored with a poachers strike in the 25th minute, reacting with razor-sharp reflexes to head in a volley from Shinji Kagawa which looked to be fizzing wide.. By Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) ��� The suspected female accomplice of Islamist militants behind attacks in Paris was in Turkey five days before the killings and crossed into Syria on Jan... Sweden says it could send troops to IraqThe Local.se
M of A - Open Thread 08-01 - Moon of Alabama
While the administration may put on a public face of cooperation, the White House will take a tough stance from prosecutors who will seek interviews with current and former administration officials who participated in a meeting... yet one can search via google and see that al arabiya has aired multiple tapes allegedly from UBL and other AQ affiliates over the years, so that obviously doesnt fit.. of DID and b real regarding the Paris-Dakar rally to be very illuminating,
Rice meets Syrian opposition at White House
National Security Advisory Susan Rice reaffirmed U.S. commitment to supporting Syrias moderate opposition at a meeting in Washington with a delegation from the Syrian National Coalition, the White House said Saturday. The Friday meeting. Davutoglu.
White House: US should have sent other officials to Paris rally
The Obama administration was represented by the U.S. ambassador to France. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says that despite the failure to send a higher-ranking official, there should be no doubt about the strong relationship the U.S. has with .