Irish Republicans behind London bomb threat, Police

LONDON — A dissident Irish Republican group warned Monday that it planned to set off a bomb in London a day ahead of a visit by Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland, police said. (more…)

Gaddafi , son, spy chief face ICC arrest warrants

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said on Monday he had requested arrest warrants for Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi for crimes against humanity. (more…)

israel to complain to UN against Syria, Lebanon over Nakba clashes

Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Monday that the Israeli delegation to the United Nations will file a complaint to the UN Security Council against Syria and Lebanon regarding Sunday’s Nakba Day border clashes (more…)

Israel transfers tax revenues to PNA budget

Israel transferred the tax revenues to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) budget to pay the delayed salaries for 120,000 state employees in the West Bank and Gaza, officials said Monday. (more…)

Mikati: No link between US position and obstacles facing cabinet formation

Lebanon PM Designate Nagib Mikati sources strongly denied any link between the US position and the obstacles facing the formation of the new cabinet . (more…)

Syrian army splitting along sectarian lines, report

ARIDA, Lebanon — The gunfire ricocheted deafeningly across the sloping fields of strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers and wheat that span the Lebanese-Syrian border along this remote corner of northern Lebanon. (more…)

relations between March 8 and Suleiman / Mikati deteriorated

An Nahar sources who keep pace with the process of the formation of the Lebanese government reported that in the past two days there has been no contact between the parties concerned . (more…)

Syria’s Tall Kalakh has tuned into a ghost town, Witnesses

Witnesses told Al Sharq al Awsat newspaper that the “Syrian town of Tall Kalakh has become a ghost town after it was abandoned by about 5 thousand of its citizens who fled to Lebanon and after 13 protesters were killed (more…)

Iran’s acid punishment : ‘eye-for-an-eye’

A punishment in which an Iranian man was to be blinded by having acid dropped into his eyes has been postponed after international condemnation.

Majid Movahedi was convicted and sentenced for pouring a bucket of acid over Ameneh Bahrami after she rejected his marriage proposals.

The attack left her blind and severely disfigured. (more…)

Arab protesters descend on Israeli borders

Mobilized by calls on Facebook, thousands of Arab protesters marched on Israel’s borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday in an unprecedented wave of demonstrations, sparking clashes that left at least 15 people dead in an annual Palestinian mourning ritual marking the anniversary of Israel’s birth. (more…)