Gaddafi starts to talk and protests in some of Libya goes on however still he is in power and has control of many cities in Libya but today Libya`s beleaguered strongman Muammar Gaddafi insists “all my people love me” in an interview with ABC television. “All my people love me. They would die to protect [...]
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, whose 40-year-old regime is crumbling under the blows of a popular pro-democracy uprising, has made an unexpected appearance in Tripoli’s Green Square. Gaddafi spoke to a crowd of his supporters in the Green Square Friday vowing to be unyielding in the struggle against the popular uprising. Gaddafi still has control of [...]
British 23 years old Mohammed Gul has been jailed due his video post on youtube in UK. Media reports stated that terrorist who created extremist videos and uploaded them onto the internet has been jailed for five years today, following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command. Mohammed Gul, 23, of Hornchurch, [...]
Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz issued a series of royal decrees on Wednesday which aim to improve the social welfare of Saudi citizens, estimated to be worth around 127 billion Saudi Riyals [SR] or 34 billion dollars, upon his return to Saudi Arabia after three months abroad for medical treatment. The action plan, which includes [...]
A Facebook page calling for revolution in Saudi Arabia has received the backing of hundreds of users demanding an elected ruler, greater freedom for women and the release of political prisoners. News agency Reuters reports that more than 460 people had signed up by Wednesday morning for the page urging a “revolution of yearning” in [...]
Four Americans taken hostage after their yacht was hijacked by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa last week were killed early Tuesday when gunfire erupted during attempts by the US Navy to negotiate with their captors, US military officials said. Two pirates were also killed in a confrontation with Navy forces and 13 were [...]
February 11 has gone down in the pages of history as a day when Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, as a result of the people’s anger, had to escape his presidential palace after 30 years of autocratic rule. Like the dictators and despots in other countries, Mubarak also had a strong hold on the administration. It [...]
Morocco, large demonstrations are due to take place on Sunday.Police in the capital Rabat and other main cities of the country have been told to be alert prior to the planned nationwide demonstration. Same time protesters in UK has been backing up many countries like Libya, Bahrain and almost this protest can grow more because [...]
Many Protesters in Bahrain have streamed back into Pearl Square in the capital Manama to continue their demonstrations against the government. They were initially confronted by riot police, who opened fire with tear gas and shotguns, but police then pulled back and left. Anti-government protesters return to Pearl Square in Manama. Protest tension never gone [...]
What is happening in UK mosques? A man has been arrested in connection with alleged incidents of assault at a Keighley mosque, police revealed this morning. The arrest follows the release of secret video footage taken in the madrassa at the Markazi Jamia mosque in Emily Street, Keighley. The images are due to be shown on [...]
China has officially overtaken Japan as the world’s second-biggest economy. Figures released today showed that Japan’s economy grew by 3.9% last year, not enough to hold of the challenge of China’s strong growth. China’s full-year GDP totalled $5,879bn in 2010, ahead of Japan’s $5,474bn. Japan had been the world’s second-biggest economy behind the US since 1968, [...]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today published the full report of journalists and media staff killed during 2010, saying that 94 media fatalities last year demonstrate the increasing risks facing journalists around the globe. The report also includes three cases of journalists who lost their lives in accidents. “It is a poignant roll call [...]
Police and anti-government protesters clashed in Yemen on Sunday, during the third-consecutive day of demonstrations calling for political reform and the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Several thousand protesters tried to force their way into the central square in the capital of Sanaa, but faced fierce resistance from police forces. An 18-day public uprising [...]
Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has handed all power to the country’s military after buckling under increasing public demand for his resignation. This follows three weeks of organised demonstration and protest in Cairo against the former leader – who has ruled for 30 years – and calls he immediately step down from his position. Mr Muburak [...]
For Egyptians young and old, the unprecedented events of the past 17 days are part of a historic awakening in a country at the heart of the Arab world. On Thursday, as hundreds of thousands crowded Cairo’s Tahrir Square calling for the departure of President Hosni Mubarak, it was clear that Egyptians had ushered in a [...]
Antigovernment protests are continuing in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for a 16th day, amid reports of strikes and violence in other parts of the country. Protesters calling for the immediate resignation of long-serving President Hosni Mubarak blocked the entrance to the parliament not far from Tahrir Square. Government troops, reportedly backed by armored vehicles, were protecting the [...]
