Egypt’s army-backed government detained the Muslim Brotherhood’s leader on Tuesday after a bloody crackdown on his supporters, underscoring its intention to crush the movement that had propelled the country’s first freely elected president to power.
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Musharraf was indicted on Benazir Bhutto’s murder
Pakistan’s ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf was indicted Tuesday on three counts over the murder of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto who died in a gun and suicide attack in December 2007. Bringing charges against a former army chief is an unprecedented move in a country ruled for more than half of …
Read More »UN Secretary General calls for full investigation of Egypt detainee deaths
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for a “full investigation” into the deaths of three dozen Islamist detainees in police custody in Egypt. Ban was “deeply disturbed by the reported deaths” of the prisoners
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