A US college has joined the international campaign of boycotting Israeli products to protest against Tel Aviv’s policy of illegal land seizure and destruction on Palestinian lands. The Flaming Eggplant, a student-run cafe at the Olympia Evergreen State College in Washington, has announced that students have voted for the boycott of Israeli products from illegal Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian lands to end the complicity of their college in the Israeli violation of Palestinian...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Jun 7 said the killing of civilians by the US assassination drones in Pakistan is illegal and in violation of human rights.

A former top terrorism official at the CIA has also warned that President Barack Obama’s drone programme is far too indiscriminate in hitting targets and could lead to such political instability that it creates terrorist safe havens. Obama’s increased use of drones to attack suspecte...

A group of eight Muslims has filed a federal lawsuit against the New York City Police Department demanding that it bring an end to its surveillance practice initiated in the aftermath of the Sep 11 attacks of spying on mosques and businesses managed by the community. The lawsuit, filed today in federal court in New Jersey near here, is the first major legal challenge to NYPD’s spy operations. The eight plaintiffs claim that NYPD’s surveillance, which has been carried on for years,...

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party signed off on a proposal for the framework of a committee that will write Egypt’s new constitution, reports said on Jun 7, citing the FJP’s spokesman Ahmed Sabei. Sabei said that some other groups such as the Free Egyptians Party and the Social Democrats had reservations about the proposed plan, and withdrew from the meeting that ended in the early hours of the morning. The FJP’s spokesman said he believed those differ...