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Bahrain arrests 200 men at gay party

Bahrain has arrested around 200 men, an official said on Wednesday, in what local newspapers said was a swoop on a gay ...

Lindsay Lohan to be Charged With Necklace Theft

Actress Lindsay Lohan will be charged with stealing a $2500 gold necklace from a Los Angeles jewelry store, Los ...

Egypt frees political detainees as part of reforms

Egypt has released 34 political prisoners, the state news agency said on Tuesday, the first men set free since the ...

Russian hacker admits guilt in $10 mln cyber theft

A Russian man has pleaded guilty in court to stealing $10 million from former Royal Bank of Scotland division World ...

Govt preparing alternative penalties for light crimes

The Law and Human Rights Ministry is planning to substitute compulsory community service for prison terms for people ...

Hamas commander back in Gaza after Egypt jailbreak

A senior Hamas commander returned to the Gaza Strip on Saturday after breaking out of a Cairo jail during the ...

"Jihad Jane" pleads guilty in U.S. terrorism case

A Pennsylvania woman known as "Jihad Jane" pleaded guilty on Tuesday to plotting to kill a Swedish cartoonist, ...

Tunisia`s Islamist leader returning from exile

Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia`s Islamist movement Ennahda, boarded a plane Sunday to return home from ...

Egypt muslim brotherhood says 34 key members escape prison

Thirty-four members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, including seven members of the leadership, walked out of ...

Thousands escape from Egypt Prison

Thousands of prisoners escaped from the Wadi Natrun facility, north of Cairo, a security official said on Sunday, as ...

N Korea blasts Seoul for punishing a pastor for illegal Pyongyang trip

North Korea blasted South Korea Saturday for punishing a pro-unification pastor who illegally traveled to the ...

Corruption convicts to be held in one jail

People convicted for corruption will eventually be made to serve their sentences in one jail, namely the Cipinang ...

Australia wishes exchange of prisoners with Indonesia

The Australian government by way of its embassy in Jakarta offered an exchange of prison inmates with the Indonesian ...

HRW: Saudi Arabia suppresses rights of millions

Saudi Arabia suppresses or fails to protect the rights of millions of women, foreign workers and Shiites, and reforms ...

Police not afraid to name Cirus suspect

Police were not afraid to name prosecutor Cirus Sinaga a suspect in a case of falsification of the text of a ...