Leaning to political pressures, the US Attorney General asked military prosecutors in Guantanamo bay to file war crimes charges against 9/11 suspects, abandoning an earlier decision to file the case before a civilian court.

After years of crackdown under Hosni Mubarak’s regime, Islamic groups now find a favorable atmosphere in Egypt to convey their message through politics and democratic means.

Israel has called on the United Nations to retract a report which said it had committed war crimes during its December 2008-January 2009 Gaza offensive, after its author said he may have been wrong.

A government-sponsored conference on Muslims in Germany has sparked a storm of criticism for focusing on security instead of tackling problems facing the sizable minority.

A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday it would go ahead with the trial of anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders on charges of inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims, rejecting a request to dismiss the case.

Assad made no new announcement on Wednesday on lifting emergency law, in force since 1963, in his first comments since pro-democracy protests erupted nearly two weeks ago.

CAIRO – Anti-Muslim discrimination and prejudice are on the rise since 9/11, with attacks targeting their faith and property, a US Congress hearing has been told, the USA Today reported on Wednesday, March 30.

At least 55 people have been killed and 95 injured after armed men stormed a government building in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit immediately after a suicide bomber detonated explosives that cleared the way for the attack.

At least three people are reported killed in clashes between Syrian anti-government protesters and security forces in the coastal city of Latakia, where mourners attending a funeral set fire to the local Baath Party building and a police station.

Two people have been killed and three others wounded in an Israeli air strike early on Sunday, hospital officials told Al Jazeera.  The raid hit targets east of Jabaliya, Adham Abu Senmya, a spokesman for Gaza emergency services, told the AFP news agency.An Israeli military spokesperson told Reuters that she was checking the report.