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Voting begins for second round of Shura Council elections
The second round of elections for Egypt’s upper house, the Shura Council, began Tuesday. The end of this round,…
Obama proposes $1.3 billion military aid for Egypt in 2013 despite ongoing NGOs row
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday proposed $1.3 billion in military aid for Egypt in fiscal 2013, asking…
Israel blames Iran for attacks on its diplomats
Israel put its foreign missions on high alert Monday following near simultaneous bomb attacks on its diplomats that…
Rio police end strike in time for carnival
Police officers and firefighters in Rio de Janeiro have ended their pay strike, days before the annual carnival.…
Gadhafi son under house arrest in Niger, Libya says
one of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's surviving sons has had his phone cut off and been placed under house…
Jordanian preacher freed on bail from UK jail
Abu Qatada, a Muslim preacher once described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, has been released from…
Fresh violence in Syria as U.N. warns of civil war
Troops loyal to President Bashar Assad have been shelling Homs for more than a week to retake parts of the city…
Polls Show Santorum Ahead of Romney in Michigan
New polls released by American Research Group and Public Policy Polling show Rick Santorum ahead of Mitt Romney in…
UK credit rating threat underlines need to deal with debts, says Osborne
The chancellor, George Osborne, has defended the government's economic strategy and described the threat…
‘Heaviest shelling’ in Homs for days, say activists, as massacres reported
Shelling was reported in the Syrian towns of Homs and Rastan early on Tuesday, after as many as 43 people were…