24-year-old female schoolteacher held for contempt of Islam near Luxor

Senior US officials asked that references to terror groups, prior warnings be deleted from UN envoy’s comments after the attack

At the height of the Bosnian War, a young Jewish woman from England crossed the front line and saved 300 children from certain death. She only wishes she had saved more

Tests on Syrian war casualties in Turkey show traces of chemical weapons, Turkish foreign minister says in Amman

Ahmed Maher arrested for ‘incitement’ a few days after he criticized President Morsi’s Islamist party on his movement’s website

There are times when being hyper-connected isn’t a good idea; Israeli startup WiseSec has an automatic solution to keep things on the QT

6.1-magnitude quake in Islamic Republic is second this week; Iran environmental protection chief says nuclear sites safe from earthquakes

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