Bahrain inquiry receives 5,200 complaints so far

{jcomments on} REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed   Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry says deadline for cases in Sept 30; final report on Oct 30 The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) said on Friday that it had so far received more... Read more

Al Jazeera set to go US-wide within five years

  {jcomments on} Qatar-based news channel says it’s a question of when, not if, it goes national Thursday, 25 August 2011 3:03 PM Qatar-based TV channel Al Jazeera English expects to broadcast in all US states within the next five years, its... Read more

Muslim reality TV show targets stereotypes

{jcomments on}Tweet   ‘All-American Muslim’ to follow lives of five Muslim families living in the US An American cable television channel hopes to shatter stereotypes of Muslim Americans with the launch of a reality TV show that will chronicle... Read more

Saudi, Iran, Oman high risk for web attacks

{jcomments on}Tweet Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Oman are all high-risk countries for online threats, with 41% to 60% of unique users subject to web attacks, according to the latest IT Threat Evolution report by Kaspersky Lab

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Tunisian Election Law Gives Women Equal Chance

{jcomments on}Tweet   Tunisia has led the Middle East on women’s rights and toppling autocracy. Now women are in line to run for office in equal numbers as men in the first elections. The threat of rollbacks and reversals also lurks

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Bahrain opposition editor says has been reinstated

{jcomments on}Tweet   Mansoor al-Jamri, former editor-in-chief of Al Wasat, says board has voted to give him his job back The top editor of a Bahraini opposition newspaper who was forced to resign and was prosecuted after anti-government... Read more

Fewer Brits arrested in the UAE, but deaths rise

{jcomments on}Tweet   Foreign office says deaths of Britons in Gulf state up by a third, but drug offences down FCO figures showed 75 Britons had died, 41 had been hospitalized and one raped during the 12-month period The number of Britons... Read more

Saudi prince wins UK paper libel damages

Tweet   {jcomments on} Interior minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz al Saud will give ‘substantial’ sum to charity A top Saudi Arabia official has won “substantial” libel damages against a UK newspaper after it printed... Read more