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| Opinion: Struggle over Iran: Tumultuous Israeli Politics Will Not Usher Peace - by Ramzy Baroud |
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Israel is currently experiencing the kind of turmoil that may or may not affect its political hierarchy following the next general election. However, there is little reason to believe that any major transformations in the Israeli political landscape could be of benefit to Palestinians.
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| Vladimir Putin Sworn In As Russian President |
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Vladimir Putin was Monday morning inaugurated as President of Russia for the third time in a ceremony in the capital, Moscow. He has returned to the presidency after an absence of four years in which he served as prime minister. He takes over from his ally and outgoing President, Dmitry Medvedev.
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| Change in France as Hollande Ousts Sarkozy in French Presidential Vote |
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Supporters of Socialist candidate François Hollande are celebrating the change in the French Presidency after he defeated incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday's runoff to become the first Socialist to win a French presidential election since François Mitterrand in 1988.
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| Libyan Attends Landmark Conference Launching New Coalition for Women Leaders in Tunis |
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A Libyan delegation has taken part along with committees from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco in the sub-regional meeting that launched the New Coalition for Women Leaders, the ALWANE programme - a new and unprecedented international coalition of activists dedicated to promoting the status of women.
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| Grecee's Coalition Government Loses Majority After Polls |
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Greece has been plunged into a period of intense instability as the two governing parties, which back tough austerity measures, lost their parliamentary majority in Sunday's election. The conservative New Democracy and the socialist Pasok parties that have been in coalition since last November have been beaten into third place by an anti-bailout leftist coalition, Syriza.
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| Afghan Police Kill Four Gunmen |
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Afghan police have killed four gunmen who took over a tall building in eastern Afghanistan and started shooting down into surrounding government compounds. One civilian was wounded.
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| Decision Time for France: Sarkozy or Hollande for President? |
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The people of France are voting Sunday in the second round of the presidential election that could decide a change of leadership with socialist Francois Hollande, who won the first round by 28.6% of the votes agains incumbent Nicholas Sarkozy's 27.2% favourite to win the run-off.
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| Second US Drones Strike in 5 Days Kills 10 in Pakistan |
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Ten people died when a second US drone struck a suspected Taliban compound in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan on Saturday.
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| Libya: FBI Director, Scottish Prosecutor Secretly Visit Tripoli, Discuss Ongoing Lockerbie Investigation |
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The USA's Director of FBI Robert S Mueller and Scotland's most senior prosecutor Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland secretly visited Tripoli and met with the Prime Minister Abdulrrahim Elkeib.
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| Body of Shukri Ghanem Brought Home for Burial, Investigation Continues |
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The body of Libyan former oil minister Shukri Ghanem, who was found dead in the Danube river in Vienna on Sunday 29 April, was flown home to Tripoli. Ghanem was a confidant of the dead brutal and abusive dictator Gaddafi.
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| Alleged Mastermind of 9/11 Attacks Back in Court Saturday |
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks are to be charged by a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay after an earlier attempt was halted three years ago when US President Barack Obama tried to shut Guantanamo down.
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| Libya Takes Measures to Crack Down on Pro-Gaddafi Elements, Grants Immunity to Revolutionaries |
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The Libyan government on Thursday granted immunity to former revolutionaries who fought to oust the dead brutal dictator Gaddafi regime and unveiled legislation that cracks down on its supporters.
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| OPINION: Thanks to My Dear Libyan Friends - S.A.Thameemul Ansari |
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"...I came here just for a job, but when I go back now at this time, I feel as if I am leaving a country where I was born and brought up. You people have given us warmth of love and care."
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| Libya: Stability or Civil War? |
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It is still not clear whether the highly precarious post-regime change situation in Libya will revert to civil war or stabilise into a potentially sustainable transition, a special report by the London School of Economics (LSE) concludes.
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| Libya Criminalises Glorification of Gaddafi, His Regime, His Sons |
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Libya issues three laws aimed at protecting the new democratic and free state by criminalising the glorification of the dead brutal dictator Gaddafi, his regime and sons. Attacking the 17 February revolution that brought down the regime is also punishable by law.
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| Libya: Jalil: Demands France Extradite Gaddafi Aide, Sarkozy Campaign Funding May be Fake |
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Libya's chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, demanded Wednesday that France should extradite Bashir Saleh, a former Gaddafi's aide and personal secretary for many years. He also said Sarkozy campaign funding letter may be fake.
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| Libya Opens Voter, Candidate Registration First Time for Decades |
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Moving a step closer to elections in June and more stability and democracy, Libyans have begun registration on Tuesday of voters and candidates in registration centres that cover over two million square kilometres of the widespread North African country.
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| Libya Insists on Right to Try Seif for Crimes Committed Against Libyans |
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Libya tells ICC to deny Libya the right to try Seif is to deny the Libyan people an historic opportunity to eradicate the long-standing culture of impunity and that would be manifestly inconsistent with the object and purpose of the international court.
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