Egypt summons Danish ambassador over cartoons
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The Egyptian government has summoned the  ambassador of Denmark in Cairo to protest at the reprinting of  cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammed in Danish newspapers,  the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
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Sweden said on Friday it had expelled a foreign diplomat, identified by a newspaper as a Libyan who had spied on his countrymen living in the Nordic state. "I can confirm that a diplomat has been asked to leave the country and that he has left the country," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
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George Clooney lobbied Wednesday for Egypt's help in getting protection for victims of Darfur's increasing violence.
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Sweden&#39;s prime minister on Sunday appealed for calm following an Al-Qaeda death warrant on two journalists for a cartoon portraying the Prophet Mohammed as a dog and threats to attack top Swedish firms.
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Italy has summoned Libya's ambassador for talks on efforts to tackle illegal immigration after hundreds of arrivals on Italian shores at the weekend.
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Danish police said they had arrested two Tunisians and a Dane in connection with a plot to kill one of 12 cartoonists behind the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Muslim leaders in Denmark on  Saturday condemned video showing members of the anti-immigrant  Danish Peoples' Party (DPP) drawing cartoons mocking the  Prophet Mohammad, but said they would not be goaded into taking  action.
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The State Department called on authorities in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to reopen the trial of three democratic advocates and to recognize the right of freedom of expression in the conservative kingdom.
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Norway's Foreign Minister Jan Petersen and the United Nation's Middle East envoy Terje Rd-Larsen will attend the funeral ceremony for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's in Cairo on Friday.
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A Danish citizen of Moroccan descent and two Tunisians were arrested in Denmark on Tuesday in connection with a plot to murder one of 12 cartoonists whose drawings of the Prophet Mohammad caused worldwide uproar in 2006, police said.
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A Danish newspaper, Information, prints cartoons depicting the Holocaust commissioned by Iran.
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A boycott of Danish goods in a row over  cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad has cost Denmark millions, officials say.
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Newspapers in Denmark Wednesday reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed which sparked worldwide protests two years ago.
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Danish newspapers reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a gesture of solidarity Wednesday after police revealed a plot to kill the creator of the caricature that sparked deadly riots in the Muslim world.
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The Royal Kingdom of Denmark has, in view of the close and friendly ties between Pakistan has decided to upgrade its Embassy in Islamabad from Charge d' Affaires' level to Ambassadorial level with effect from ...
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A senior Israeli official yesterday accused Egypt of failing to halt arms smuggling into Gaza, thus bolstering the militant group Hamas at the expense of the Palestinian leadership supported by the United States.
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The Egyptian foreign ministry on Thursday summoned the ambassadors of European Union countries in Cairo to express its "complete rejection" of a European Parliament draft resolution critical of human rights.