CAIRO – As the world is centering its attention on major protests sweeping the Arab world, fears of the spread of the revolution flame to the ethnic Uighurs in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region is a growing headache for Chinese authorities.

CAIRO – Two senior leaders of the Egyptian opposition Muslim Brotherhood are to be released on Wednesday after nearly six years behind bars, their lawyer said.

Zebari said the Arabs confirmed their “desire for no foreign intervention” in Libya, whose seat stood empty at the Cairo meeting.The Libya crisis is an internal Arab affair and foreign powers should refrain from any intervention, Iraq’s foreign minister said at meeting of the Arab League, which has suspended Muammar Gaddafi’s government.

An Indian court has sentenced 11 people to death for setting a train on fire in 2002, an incident that killed more than 50 people and sparked some of the country’s worst religious rioting.

Turkey’s former Prime Minister and legendary founder of Islamist movement died from heart failure on Sunday, aged 85, in Ankara.His demise comes a day before anniversary of what writers call “post-modern coup”.

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council moved as a powerful bloc Saturday to try to halt Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s deadly crackdown on protesters, slapping sanctions on him, his children and top associates.

Egypt’s new military rulers faced political pressure on Friday to purge the cabinet of ministers appointed by Hosni Mubarak as thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo.On the eve of the rally that will also celebrate two weeks since Mubarak’s removal, the military, which has promised elections within six months, assured Egyptians there would be “no […]

Egypt on Tuesday reopened its border with the Gaza Strip for limited Palestinian passage in both directions for the first time in almost a month, said the Hamas movement, which controls the Israel-besieged territory.

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq – Around 4,000 demonstrators crowded Tahrir Square in the centre of the Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah on Tuesday, the latest protest against the dominance of two major parties in the region.

A new petition in the Australian Federal Parliament is calling for a ten-year moratorium on Muslim immigrants.ACT Liberal Senator Gary Humphries (pictured)presented a petition calling for a 10-year suspension of Muslim immigration into Australia and for a review of the country’s immigration policy to ensure priority is given to Christians.