Egypt: 51 killed in clashes: Sunday:
Fifty one people were killed as a result of sporadic clashes that broke out in greater Cairo and a number of other governorates on Sunday during the 40th anniversary of the October war.
Egyptian junta launches crackdown on protests commemorating 1973 war: .
Symbolizing the repressive character of the junta of General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Tahrir Square, the iconic center of the Egyptian Revolution, was surrounded by tanks, its entrances patrolled by soldiers and Egypt's notorious Central Security Forces.
10 killed in bombing at Egypt security HQ: Monday:
Ten people were killed on Monday in a bombing of the security headquarters of Egypt's South Sinai province and an ambush of soldiers near the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, security officials said.
Police openly beat Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers in Cairo:
Egyptian security forces on Sunday openly beat demonstrators sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood, without any provocation, in a sign of how the once powerful group has become the target of official suppression.
Fourteen killed in clashes in Central African Republic:
Fourteen people have been killed in violent clashes between Christians and Muslims in an isolated town in eastern Central African Republic that began last week, police and a senior Catholic official said on Sunday.
Extremists gun down 7 civilians in Nigerian mosque:
Witnesses say suspected Islamic militants lured the faithful to a mosque then gunned them down. They say the gunmen killed at least seven people before being attacked by soldiers guarding Damboa village, 85 kilometers (50 miles) west of the Borno state capital of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria.
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Libya demands explanation for 'kidnapping' of citizen by US forces:
Liby's son Abdullah insisted Libyan forces were involved. Appearing on Tripoli's Nabir TV station, he said: "The people who took my father were Libyan, not Americans - they spoke with Tripoli accents.
Jihadists Threaten Revenge for U.S. Libya Snatch Operation:
Libyan jihadist groups have called for revenge attacks against U.S. and Western interests in the north African nation, as well as the local government, two days after an elite U.S. counter-terrorism unit abducted alleged high-profile al Qaeda member Anas al-Libi from Tripoli.
Libya troops occupy PM office to demand pay: TV:
The channel said the soldiers had been protesting against the "non-payment of their salaries for months."
Failed Navy SEALs raid on Somali target could bolster Al Shabab :
Past US strikes on Al Shabab leaders, even successful ones, have not diminished the group.
US invasion of Somalia: Al-Shabab bolsters presence in Barawe:
Somali militant group al-Shabab has sent reinforcements to the town of Barawe, where US commandos tried to seize one of its leaders on Saturday, residents have told the BBC. The residents say about 200 masked fighters have arrived in the coastal town with heavy machine guns.
In prison with al-Shabab: What drives Somali militants?:
After a year locked up in Uganda with self-confessed Islamist militants, a Kenyan human rights lawyer is able to give clues as to what drove those behind Kenya's deadly mall siege
Wave of bombings hit Baghdad as 29 killed nationwide:
A wave of car and roadside bombs hit Baghdad province on Monday evening, killing at least 21 people, while eight security forces members died in other attacks, officials said.
Christians under threat in Syria as Islamist extremists gain influence:
When radical Islamists tore down a cross and hoisted a black flag above a church in the northern Syrian city of Raqqah last week, their action underscored the increasingly hostile environment for the country's Christians.
Syria peace talks agreed for mid-November - Lavrov?:
"We support holding this conference in mid-November," Lavrov said on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. "Today we have agreed on measures to ensure that both the [Syrian] government and the opposition attend the conference."
US gives credit to Assad for honouring deal:
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can take "credit" for moving quickly to eliminate his regime's chemical arms, the United States said yesterday, as disarmament experts said Damascus was being "cooperative".
Iran calls for new offer from P5+1 before talks:
World powers negotiating with Tehran over its disputed nuclear program must come up with new proposals before talks in Geneva on Oct. 15-16, Iran's foreign minister said.
Iran FM says Israel seeking to 'deceive' world to avert nuclear deal:
Zarif said in an interview that aired on Sunday that it was "audacious" of Israel - a country with "a clandestine nuclear weapons program" and only one of three states that had refused to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - to accuse Iran of weaponizing its program.
NATO air strike killed five Afghan civilians:
Afghan President Hamid Karzai criticized his NATO allies on Sunday over an air strike in the country's east that he said killed five civilians, including three children.
Four US soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan:
Four U.S. soldiers were killed in an attack in southern Afghanistan on defense officials said Sunday. Also in southern Afghanistan, a security guard shot a soldier dead in a separate incident, Reuters reported. It wasn't clear what nationalities of the guard and the soldier were.
Warlords and politicians rush to register for Afghanistan presidential election:
Nominations for Afghanistan's presidential elections closed on Sunday with a flurry of last minute applications, dire predictions of rigging and a host of familiar faces vying for office.
Francis Boyle: The Illegality and Evil of the War on Afganistan:
I want to start out with my basic thesis that the Bush administration's war against Afghanistan cannot be justified on the facts or the law. It is clearly illegal. It constitutes armed aggression. It is creating a humanitarian catastrophe for the people of Afghanistan.
India Says It Has Killed 7 in Clashes Along Pakistan Border:
India says it has killed seven fighters and is still fighting others in a Pakistan-backed force of several dozen who crossed a mountainous and thickly forested border area with the aim of killing Indian troops, ratcheting up tensions just as the two countries' leaders agreed to work together to de-escalate the situation.
Pakistan: Two killed in Peshawar health centre blast:
A bomb blast on Monday at a health centre on the outskirts of Peshawar in Suleman Khel part of Budh Bher area killed two persons, including a policeman
Canadian spy agency 'dissected' Brazilian Energy Ministry:
Canada, as well as the US, infiltrated and spied on the Brazilian Energy Ministry, a new leak by Edward Snowden has revealed. The leaked documents show how the data gleaned through espionage was shared with international spy network the 'Five Eyes.'
How a Telecom Helped the Government Spy on Me: Op-Ed:
In 2004, my telephone records as well as those of another New York Times reporter and two reporters from the Washington Post, were obtained by federal agents assigned to investigate a leak of classified information. What happened next says a lot about what happens when the government's privacy protections collide with the day-to-day realities of global surveillance.
The NSA Is Watching Your Online Dating Profile:
Corporations and the government absorbing data from dating sites in order to reveal the real you:. When you log in with a username and password to sites like Gmail, Amazon or OKCupid, your behavior can be linked to your real name or email address
UN rights expert deplores US torture of prisoner's :
A U.N. human rights expert on torture urged U.S. authorities Monday to end four decades of solitary confinement for a former Black Panther convicted of murdering a Louisiana prison guard. U.N. special rapporteur Juan Mendez said the indefinite solitary confinement imposed on Albert Woodfox "clearly amounts to torture."
Tea party hero Ben Carson: Marriage equality jeopardizes 'everything else in the Bible':
Conservative neurosurgeon Ben Carson said last week that supporters of equal marriage rights for LGBT people were "directly attacking the relationship between God and his people" and could endanger "everything else in the Bible."
Senate Democrats plan to call Republicans' debt ceiling bluff:
House Speaker John Boehner's spokesman called out Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, challenging him to negotiate capitulate to unreasonable Republican demands by asserting a "'clean' debt limit increase can't pass the Senate, let alone the House." Reid's planning to prove him wrong, according to Greg Sargent.
Pharmaceutical firms paid to attend meetings of panel that advises FDA:
A scientific panel that shaped the federal government's policy for testing the safety and effectiveness of painkillers was funded by major pharmaceutical companies that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the chance to affect the thinking of the Food and Drug Administration, according to hundreds of e-mails obtained by a public records request.
New Terminator-style 'bots can self-assemble, leap, climb and SWARM: Video -
Creepy, limbless - MIT roboticists flywheel paves way for tiny, cube-shaped overlords
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US Forces Kidnapped Alleged al-Qaida Leader in Libya:
al-Libi was parking outside his house early Saturday after dawn prayers, when three vehicles encircled him, smashed the car's window and seized his gun before grabbing him and fleeing.
Libya Condemns US 'Kidnapping':
The government said it wanted answers from the US over the "kidnap of a Libyan citizen" on its own soil and demanded to know why it was not told about the raid by American special forces.
US Attack Kills 7 People In Somalia:
The US navy SEALs approached the target beachfront house by sea and began the raid using suppressed weapons, before a fierce hour-long firefight broke out that led to the use of helicopter air support.
US Navy SEAL raid in Somalia fails to nab al-Qaida suspect in Kenya mall attack:
U.S. Navy SEALs carried out a pre-dawn raid Saturday on a coastal town in southern Somalia looking for a specific al-Qaida suspect linked to the Nairobi shopping mall attack, but did not get their target, a U.S. military official told The Associated Press.
7 killed in Sinai clashes between Egypt army, gunmen: -
Seven people were killed in the Sinai peninsula on Sunday during clashes between Egyptian military forces and gunmen, security officials said. Egyptian forces killed four armed men near a checkpoint on the Cairo-Ismailia road after an exchange of gunfire with several vehicles, officials told Ma'an.
Pro-Morsi protester killed in Upper Egypt's Minya:
At least one protester has been shot dead in clashes with security forces in Minya in Upper Egypt, as protests against the transitional government and in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi gathered pace on Sunday.
29 dead, incl 12 children in string of suicide bombings in Iraq: Sunday:
Two Suicide bombers detonated explosives-rigged vehicles at an elementary school and a police station in northern Iraq, killing at least 15 people, 12 of whom were children. 14 more were killed in a suicide attack on Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad.
78 killed, 166 wounded in attacks across Iraq :
Saturday: At least 78 people were killed and 166 others wounded in a wave of violent attacks across Iraq on Saturday, including a deadly suicide bombing targeting Shiite pilgrims in the capital city of Baghdad, the police and local media said, APA reports quoting XInhua.
8 killed in mortar fire on Damascus: state media:
At least eight people were killed on Sunday by mortar fire that hit a Christian neighbourhood in central Damascus, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
German Embassy Worker Shot Dead In Yemen:
The bodyguard of the German ambassador to Yemen has been shot dead while attempting to protect her in an attempted kidnapping, say reports.
4 US occupation force soldiers killed in south Afghanistan:
A bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, American and Afghan officials said. They were the latest casualties in a 12-year conflict that shows no signs of slowing down despite a drawdown in foreign forces.
Netanyahu signals discord with Obama:
Speaking at weekly cabinet meeting, PM insists Tehran must not maintain any enrichment capacity; US would allow peaceful program
'Israel doesn't have veto powers over Iran issue':
Western diplomat involved in nuclear talks makes it clear: Israel's concerns taken seriously, but Netanyahu is out-of-step with other nations
Russia to monitor 'all communications' at Winter Olympics in Sochi:
Investigation uncovers FSB surveillance system - branded 'Prism on steroids' - to listen to all athletes and visitors
Japan PM Seeks Overseas Help on Fukushima Leak:
"My country needs your knowledge and expertise," he said.
