Slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was blind in one eye and had been a member of the Saudi Arabian branch of Muslim Brotherhood in his youth, his successor Ayman al-Zawahiri revealed in a video posted online Wednesday.
Amrutha Gayathri
Sep 28, 2012
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shifted his tone from explosive to relatively reconciliatory at the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday while his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Morsi, in his debut address, called for a negotiated settlement in Syria, which countered with the comments of the Qatari leader who called for armed intervention to end the crisis.
Amrutha Gayathri
Sep 27, 2012
It seems like only yesterday we were lauding the role technology played in unleashing the Arab Spring and now we lament its role in a deadly Arab winter of violence and mass hysteria.
Robert E. Hall
Sep 25, 2012
Addressing the U.N., President Obama touched on Syria, Iran's nukes and the "crude and disgusting" film "Innocence of Muslims."
Maya Shwayder
Sep 25, 2012
The Republican team tries to salvage Ohio as Crossroads launches a new attack on Obama.
Jeremy White
Sep 25, 2012
The head of the U.N.'s Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization spoke to reporters about preventing another Cuban Missile Crisis.
Maya Shwayder
Sep 24, 2012
An Egyptian court on Monday upheld the sentence on 14 militants for the deaths of 13 people in the attacks that happened in the Sinai desert in 2011.
Maya Shwayder
Sep 24, 2012
Egypt’s new President Mohamed Morsi, who is on his maiden visit to the U.S., is urging Washington to change its approach to the Arab world and adjust to its transformation.
Amrutha Gayathri
Sep 23, 2012
YouTube's "Innocence of Muslims" stayed up after a California judge refused a ban, but 19 Pakistanis were killed in demonstrations.
David Zielenziger
Sep 21, 2012
Violent protesters in Peshawar, Pakistan, torched two movie theaters over anti-Muslim film "Innocence of Muslims."
Christopher Zara
Sep 21, 2012
Israel Defense Forces have thwarted a potential large-scale terrorist attack along the border with Egypt, killing three terrorists.
Maya Shwayder
Sep 21, 2012
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey have been fomenting violence and serving Western interests.
Maya Shwayder
Sep 21, 2012
As outrage over the "Innocence of Muslims" film and controversial cartoons published in Paris rages here's a sample of opinions being expressed in regional media outlets.
Angelo Young
Sep 20, 2012
Protests erupted in Kabul Thursday for the first time against the cartoons published Wednesday by a French weekly even as the protests against U.S. over an anti-Islamic video continued.
Amrutha Gayathri
Sep 20, 2012
A Harvard historian has unveiled a fourth-century fragment of Coptic writing that suggests that some early Christians might have believed Jesus was married.
Amrutha Gayathri
Sep 19, 2012
The leader of Lebanon's militant Islamist political party Hezbollah has issued a proclamation calling for the death of the producers of the highly controversial film, Innocence of Muslims, which has sparked outrage, protests and violent attacks throughout the Islamic world.
Ryan Villarreal
Sep 18, 2012
The latest United Colors of Benetton promotional campaign, valued at approximately $26 million, will give seed money to young entrepreneurs whose ideas are most popular among registered visitors to the company's site.
Angelo Young
Sep 18, 2012
Protests in Indonesia over an alleged anti-Muslim movie made in the U.S. continued for the second day Tuesday, a day after demonstrations outside the U.S. Embassy turned violent, even as Google censored the video in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation to comply with the local law.
Amrutha Gayathri
Sep 18, 2012
The family of a California man linked to an anti-Islam film that is still triggering global protests went into hiding Monday, with sheriff's deputies escorting them from their home to an undisclosed location, authorities said.
Eric Linton
Sep 17, 2012
Photos from demonstrations around the world Friday through Monday, including Occupy Wall Street in New York, marches against austerity in Europe, anti-Japan demonstrations in China, and street action in the Muslim world.
Eleazar David Meléndez
Sep 17, 2012
Pakistan has ordered the shutdown of the video-sharing website YouTube in order to prevent any further violence related to the anti-Islamic film ?Innocence of Muslims.?
Palash Ghosh
Sep 17, 2012
Hundreds of demonstrators attacked the security personnel and burned cars early Monday during protests in the Afghan capital against an anti-Islamic film that has been creating ripples in the Middle East, North Africa and some parts of Asia.
Amrutha Gayathri
Sep 17, 2012