Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | Post a comment
A teacher and volunteer from the Muslim Brotherhood revises lessons for free with school pupils before their exams, at a mosque in Alexandria January 20, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Asmaa Waguih
The Muslim Brotherhood won by far the biggest share of seats allocated to party lists in Egypt’s first freely-elected parliament in decades, final results confirmed, giving it a major role in drafting the country’s new constitution.
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012 | Post a comment
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) gestures to the media next to Cuba’s Vice president Esteban Lazo at Havana’s Jose Marti Airport January 11, 2012.
Photo by: Reuters
Ahmadinejad’s Latin America tour seen as effort side-step international tensions and find new markets as the European Union considers an outright embargo on Iranian oil.
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 | Post a comment
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is welcomed by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez at Miraflores Palace in Caracas January 9, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez lavished each other with praise on Monday, mocked U.S. disapproval and joked about having an atomic bomb at their disposal.
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Saturday, December 31st, 2011 | Post a comment
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party holding a campaign rally
As Islamists emerge from elections as the country’s leading political force – to the alarm of democracy campaigners and regional autocrats alike – western governments will have to adapt to a power shift they have long sought to prevent
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Monday, December 26th, 2011 | Post a comment
The devastating scene outside St Theresa Catholic Church near the Nigerian capital Abuja on Sunday
Jos, Nigeria (CNN) — A string of bombs struck churches in five Nigerian cities Sunday, leaving dozens dead and wounded on the holiday, authorities and witnesses said.
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