NOVANEWS Russian flotilla headed by the flagship of the Northern Fleet, cruiser Peter the Great, September 2013 (Photo from www.korabli.eu) Russia will create forces in the Arctic in 2014 to ensure military security and protect […]
NOVANEWS Bill includes $173 million in added funds for U.S.-Israeli cooperative missile defense programs, including David’s Sling and Arrow • Measure also backs U.S. President Barack Obama’s request of $220 million for additional Iron Dome […]
By: Mada Masr Interim President Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree on Friday instituting three days of mourning to mark the passing of Nelson Mandela, the state-run Middle East News Agency reported. The iconic anti-apartheid leader passed […]
NOVANEWS Why we must stand and support the Muslim Brotherhood’s fight for democracy. BY TAWAKKOL KARMAN Soon after the military coup that deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy, I announced that I would join the pro-Morsy […]
NOVANEWS By Salma Abdelaziz, Egyptian poet, Ahmed Fouad Negm, rallies attendants during a public meeting organized by the opposition movement ‘Writers and Artists for Change’ in Cairo in 2005. Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egypt’s “poet of the […]
NOVANEWS Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters An Islamist fighter roamed through Aleppo, Syria, last December. Infighting among jihadist groups has recently mitigated their threat there, but that may not last. By ROBERT F. WORTH and ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON — Intensifying sectarian […]
NOVANEWS Israel must immediately lift its blockade on the Gaza Strip, including by allowing the delivery of fuel and other essential supplies into the territory without restrictions, said Amnesty International today. For the last month, […]
NOVANEWS By Mohammed Omer A rescue worker carries a child through Gaza’s dark and sewage-filled streets. Photo M. Omer It is cold, there is no power, and I am charging my computer using a car battery […]
NOVANEWS Israeli President Peres on meeting Iranian President Rouhani: Why not? By Steve Almasy, CNN President Shimon Peres reiterated Israel’s position that it won’t stand for Iran being a “nuclear danger” to the world. Tel Aviv, […]
NOVANEWS MANAMA, Bahrain — Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, speaking at the Manama Dialogue Regional Security Summit convened by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, warned of an “Islamic emirate” emerging in Syria. Just this past week, […]