Kidnapped son rescued by mum in burqa
AN AMERICAN mother has told how she flew to Egypt and dressed in a burqa to rescue her son who had been kidnapped by his Muslim father.
Middle East
Would-be rapist chooses wrong victim
A BUS driver who attempted to rape a passenger was beaten into submission by the woman -who turned out to be an off-duty US naval sailor.
Jailers cleared over Zygier death
ISRAEL’S Justice Ministry says it will not indict anyone in connection with the 2010 death of an Australian-Israeli prisoner who was a spy.
Iraq clashes, bombs kill 35
CLASHES erupted between the Iraqi army and armed Sunni tribesmen , leaving 22 dead, just a day after a bloody incident killed 56 people.
Bikinis, briefs banned on beaches
BIKINIS and briefs are no longer welcome on some sands in the United Arab Emirates.
Assad ‘using sarin against rebels’
PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad is using chemical weapons, most likely sarin, against rebel forces in Syria, a senior Israeli army officer has claimed.
Drones to ‘replace’ Israeli aircraft
ISRAEL is reportedly speeding up development of unmanned technology for air, ground and naval forces.
Egypt resumes hot air balloon flights
HOT air balloon flights resumed in Luxor, Egypt yesterday, weeks after an accident that killed 19 and led authorities to halt the trips.
First Iraq poll since US pullout
IRAQIS have voted in the country’s first polls since US troops departed.
Iraq bombings kill 50 ahead of vote
DOZENS of attacks across Iraq have killed 50 people, just days before the country’s first elections since US troops withdrew.
Woman’s throat slit in ‘honour’ killing
JORDANIAN police have found the body of a woman whose belly was cut open exposing her four-month-old foetus, in an apparent “honour killing”.
Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad quits
PALESTINIAN prime minister Salam Fayyad has resigned after a weeks-long falling out with president Mahmud Abbas, despite US efforts for him to stay.
Israel shells Syria in return attack
ISRAEL’S army have fired artillery into Syria after gunshots and shells were directed at soldiers on the Israeli sector of the Golan Heights.
West has ‘evidence’ of chemical bombs
THERE is “hard evidence” chemical weapons have been in the Syrian war but UN investigators are now unlikely to get into the country, diplomats say.
Dubai buys $522,000 police car
IN A city of boundless bling, Dubai police also are in hot pursuit after adding a nearly $US550,000 ($522,000) Lamborghini to its fleet.
Ancient mystery beneath Sea of Galilee
ARCHAELOLOGISTS have discovered a mysterious, ancient monumental stone structure in the waters of the Sea of Galilee.
Aussie, Afghan forces bust drug lab
AFGHAN security forces, aided by Aussie special forces, uncover and destroy five tonnes of morphine with an estimated street value of $9m.
Quake near nuke plant kills 20
A POWERFUL earthquake has struck near Iran’s only nuclear power plant, killing at least 30 people and injuring 800.
Nazi hunter criticises Australia
THE Israel branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre has criticised Australia for failing to do enough to bring perpetrators of the Holocaust to justice.
Iran nuclear talks ‘fail’
IRAN and six world powers ended two days of talks no closer to an agreement on Tehran’s controversial nuclear program.
Syria bomb kills 15, including 9 kids
NINE children and three women are among at least 15 people killed in an air strike on a majority Kurdish district in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Swastika sparks deadly Egypt clash
FIVE people are dead and six wounded after sectarian violence that has erupted north of Cairo.
Taliban storm court, 44 people dead
AT LEAST 44 people were killed by Taliban militants who stormed an Afghan court complex in an apparent attempt to free insurgents standing trial.
Court orders man’s spine to be cut
A SAUDI man convicted of paralysing his best friend in a knife attack is being threatened with having his spinal cord cut in a tit-for-tat punishment.
Pictures show execution return in Kuwait
DISTURBING IMAGES: Photos show the demise of three convicted murderers, the first to be hanged in Kuwait since 2007.
Dorm food sends 500 to hospital
NEARLY 500 students from Cairo’s Al-Azhar University have been admitted to hospital with food poisoning.
The town eating herbs to survive
FOR those in the Syrian town of Kherbet al-Khaldiye, the ongoing fighting means eating and drinking whatever they can forage.
Iran screams for ice cream record
AN IRANIAN dairy company unveiled a five-tonne tub of chocolate ice cream in Tehran in a bid to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Egyptian satirist freed on bail
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef has been released on bail after nearly five hours of questioning over alleged insults to the president and religion.
NATO airstrike kills two children
A NATO helicopter strike killed two children in Afghanistan overnight, the latest civilian casualties in the war against Taliban militants.
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