Catalonia: Veil Ban Motion Defeated

Catalonia’s parliament rejected Thursday a move to ban the wearing of the Islamic burqa in public places across the Spanish region after reversing an initial vote.

Direct or Indirect talks, what is the difference?

The Obama administration, which seems to have completely surrendered to Israeli insolence and rejectionism, is pressuring the weak and disoriented Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership to switch from proximity or indirect

Ministry of Interior amends nomination and election regulations

Interior Minister Habib el-Adly, issued a decision amending the nomination and candidacy procedures for nominees in the upcoming Parliamentary Elections.

UK study finds widespread corruption in Egypt

The UK based Oxfam organization and semi-official Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies released a new report determining that official corruption has become widespread in Egypt.

Israel’s abuse of female prisoners on the rise

The International Tadhamun (Solidarity) Foundation for Human Rights revealed that a special Israeli unit spontaneously raided the cells of female inmates in the Damon prison and proceeded in a barbaric

IOF troops interrogate worshipers as settlers burn fields

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) encircled the grand mosque in Raiheya village, Al-Khalil district, and interrogated worshipers inside it on Sunday evening, local sources told the PIC on Monday.

Lawyers welcome case opened against Khaled Saed’s police killing

Alexandria's Attorney General Councilor Yaser Refaie has ordered the referral of the two informants; Mahmoud Al-Falah and Awad Sayed who were involved in the killing of the "emergency-law martyr" Khaled

Malaysian aid convoy arrives in Gaza Strip

Relief aid and medicines from the Aman Palestine Institute in Malaysia with an estimated worth of $100,000US arrived in Gaza on Sunday morning via the Egyptian Rafah crossing.

Islamophobia reaches its peak with protests against mosque construction

Recent protests calling to stop the construction of a large mosque on a quiet residential street in Brooklyn, other parts in the US and Europe have been faced by much

To end the occupation, cripple Israeli banks– by Terry Crawford-Browne

The international banking sanctions campaign in New York against apartheid South Africa during the 1980s is regarded as the most effective strategy in bringing about a nonviolent end to the