Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak gets life behind bars for murders committed during the country’s historic revolution in February 2011. In a final verdict hearing in a Cairo court on Saturday, the ex-dictator as well as former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli were sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of around 900 protesters during the country’s popular uprising. Mubarak also faced separate ...

Six people have been killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of the Syrian government in northern Lebanon. ...

Egypt’s presidential candidate and Hosni Mubarak’s last premier Ahmed Shafiq says the life sentence against the former dictator for the death of some 900 protesters "must be accepted." ...

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) presidential hopeful Mohamed Morsi says the life sentence for former dictator Hosni Mubarak is “farce,” calling for mass protests against the verdict. ...

John McDaniel   A Dallas-area middle school band director has been accused of texting sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old student.   Grapevine police say John McDaniel was arrested Thursday, on the last day of school, and charged with soliciting a minor online and having improper relations with a student.   Investigators say the 32-year-old educator at Colleyville Middle School allege ...

A 36-year-old Israeli woman has flung a shoe at Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, cursing her as she was shopping at a mall near Tel Aviv. The incident took place at a shopping mall in Petah Tikva on Thursday when the woman moved to insult Sara Netanyahu by spitting on her, according to the israelnationalnews.com. Netanyahu was not physically hurt and her bodyguards seized the attacker and ...

Govt bodies and ministries ask for more funds; send demands for review. ISLAMABAD:The government has announced Rs873 billion for the national development budget for the upcoming financial year. The allocation is higher by Rs143 billion – or 20% – compared to the current fiscal year as the government gears up for upcoming elections. Under the Public Sector Development Programme, an amount of Rs350 billion ha ...

The US Army has dropped one of the murder charges against the trooper who is accused of massacring Afghan civilians in March. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is now accused of murdering 16 civilians in a pre-dawn shooting spree in two Afghan villages in the country’s Kandahar province, his lawyer said Friday. Initial reports said that 16 people were killed, but the Army put the figure at 17 when it first charge ...

What is happening in Libya? What is happening in Iraq? Has it become safer there?....We propose to act in an accurate, balanced manner at least in Syria.” Russian President Putin   Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned against any Libya-style plan to bring down the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “Why are we thinking that if we push the current leadership from power, then tomorrow ...

Spy plane in the Dab Kot area targets motorcycle, firing 6 missiles at it. SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Two people, including a local Taliban commander’s brother, were killed in a drone attack in the Doog area of South Waziristan on Saturday. Early this morning, a spy plane in the Doog area, 6km south of Wana Bazar, targeted a motorcycle and fired 6 missiles at it. The two passengers on the bike lost their lives, and ...