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  • Egypt's Morsi urges revolution from court

    Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi called on his followers Saturday to continue their "peaceful revolution", during his trial on charges related to jailbreaks and attacks on police. Morsi appeared in court on Saturday in a case that charges him and 130 others over prison breaks that freed some 20,000 inmates during the 18-day revolt.. More

  • UN unanimously adopts Syria aid resolution

    The UN Security Council has adopted a unanimous but non-binding resolution, calling for humanitarian aid convoys to be allowed access across war-torn Syria, but diplomats immediately voiced doubt about its effectiveness. Syria's staunch ally Russia, with support from China, has blocked three previous resolutions aimed at pressuring the Damascus regime.. More

  • Libyan military aircraft goes down in Tunisia

    A Libyan military plane carrying medical patients has crashed near Tunisia's capital, killing all 11 crew and passengers on board after an engine failure, Tunisian authorities said. The aircraft crashed in a field early on Friday, on the edge of the village of Nianou, around 40 km from the capital. The Libyan flag was still visible on the tailplane.. More

  • Ukraine's president announces early elections

    Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych announced early presidential elections and also said that the 2004 constitution, which limits presidential powers, would be reinstated. Yanukovych said some steps should be taken to prevent more bloodshed and provide stability in the country, according to a statement on the president's official website. Pointing.. More

  • Dozens killed as mortars hit town in Iraq

    A mortar attack has struck a busy area in Iraq's capital, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 50, authorities said. The five mortar rounds slammed into a busy market, a residential building and a parking lot around 7pm local time as people returned home from work and shopped in the town of Mussayab, police and hospital officials said. The.. More

  • Mubarak denies he stole public funds

    Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, has appeared in court and denied charges that he stole public funds in one of the four cases against him. The former president, who was removed from power in 2011 following a popular uprising, appeared in a Cairo court on Wednesday with his two sons, who are accused of taking bribes. The session was broadcast.. More

  • Militias' ultimatum heightens Libya tensions

    Two Libyan militias have called for the country's legislators to step down or be detained, but the head of the interim parliament has refused and called the ultimatum an impending coup. The term of the Libyan parliament, or General National Congress (GNC), expired on February 7; however, legislators voted to extend it with plans to hold new elections.. More

  • Iran nuclear talks resume amid pessimism

    Negotiators are due to meet in Vienna to discuss Iran's nuclear programme, a day after the country's supreme leader said he was not optimistic about talks and that they would lead nowhere. Representatives from the P5+1 Group, so called because it comprises the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany, convene in the.. More

  • Deadliest day for Ukraine protests

    In the deadliest day of Ukraine's protests so far, at least 20 people, including demonstrators and policemen, have been killed, according to reports. The scuffles with the riot police started in Kiev early on Tuesday morning, soon after thousands of protesters marched towards the parliament, where opposition leaders accused pro-government factions.. More

  • Tunisians protest against attack on police

    More than a thousand people have demonstrated in the northwestern Tunisian town of Jendouba against the weekend killings of three policemen and a civilian. Protesters expressed their support for the security forces on Monday, stopping outside two police posts, chanting the national anthem and shouting: "We are with you!", "Tunisia is.. More

  • N Korea leaders face rights-abuse accusations

    North Korea's regime is committing crimes against humanity including the extermination, starvation and enslavement of its population, and its leadership should be hauled before an international court, a UN-mandated inquiry team has said. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea published its report on Monday, with evidence of torture,.. More

  • Israeli bulldozers raze 5 makeshift Palestinian homes near Al-Quds

    Israeli bulldozers backed by army forces demolished five makeshift homes belonging to Palestinian families in the town of Eizariya near Al-Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) in the early hours of Monday. Israeli forces evicted residents from their wood-and-cardboard homes, leaving them without shelter in the nighttime cold, Sami Abu Ghalieh, secretary.. More

  • Free Syrian Army fires military chief

    The rebel Free Syrian Army has fired Salim Idriss as its military chief, calling him "ineffective" and lacking in experience to lead military operations on the ground. In a video broadcast on the internet on Sunday, the rebel coalition said its military council had decided to replace Idriss with Brigadier General Abdel-ilah Albashir. Colonel.. More

  • Syrian rivals trade blame as peace talks end

    Rival sides in the Syrian war have blamed each other for the collapse of peace talks in Geneva, which ended without progress and no agreement to reconvene. The Syrian foreign minister, Walid al-Muallem, said on Sunday that the US, which backs the Syrian opposition, had tried to "create a very negative climate for dialogue in Geneva". John.. More

  • Israelis outraged by EU official comments

    Comments made by the president of the European Parliament, in which he criticized Israeli settlements and implied that Israelis receive four times more water than Palestinians, has stoked anger in Israel. The speech, made by German Martin Schulz on Wednesday, prompted the far-right Jewish Home party to storm out of the parliament and the spat made.. More