Egypt Issues New Life Sentence Against Brotherhood Supreme Guide

An Egyptian court sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide Mohamed Badie to life in prison for “planning violent attacks” in a retrial on Monday, judicial officials and a lawyer said. Badie was part of a group of 37 people accused of conspiring to stir unrest during protests that followed the July 2013 military-led ouster of … Read more

Nov. 15 Middle East News Summary At 2200 GMT

RIYADH — A Saudi-led coalition said that a missile fired from Yemen toward the border city of Najran was intercepted, Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. The Saudi Royal Air Force destroyed the missile and targeted the source of the fire inside Yemen. (Saudi-Missile) CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Tuesday overturned a death sentence … Read more

Nov. 15 World News Summary At 1530 GMT

ABUJA — The Nigerian police have confirmed nine deaths were recorded following a clash between policemen and the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites sect, in the northwestern state of Kano on Monday. Kano State police commissioner Rabiu Yusuf told Xinhua on Tuesday that eight members of the Shi’ites sect and a policeman … Read more