Reuters (UK)
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 08:54
The secular opposition accused the Ennahda Islamist party of placing party officials in senior state jobs just before it quit power, and had asked that the appointments be reviewed.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 08:54
An Egyptian court sentenced two policemen to 10 years in prison on Monday for killing an activist in 2010, a Reuters witness said, in a high profile case seen as the spark that led to the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 08:34
He did not elaborate on the circumstances of the release, only saying that "the country's entire police and security apparatus were involved in this matter".
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 08:30
"It is very important to formulate one's sentences and speeches in a way that is not construed as threat, intention to strike a blow," Rouhani said in a meeting on Saturday with Iran's top military echelon.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 08:29
The Israeli military shot and killed a Palestinian woman in the Gaza Strip in an area near the border that Israel has declared a no-go zone for Palestinians, local hospital officials said on Saturday.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 08:28
Bahraini police fired tear gas and stun grenades at hundreds of protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs in a Shiite Muslim village Friday after the funeral of a young man who died in custody, a Reuters witness said.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 08:10
Talks between NATO and Russia on a possible joint mission to protect a U.S. ship that will destroy Syria’s deadliest chemical weapons are moving ahead despite tensions over Ukraine, a top U.S. commander said on Thursday.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 13:30
At least 42 people were killed as a motorcycle rigged with explosives detonated in Baghdad's Sadr City and militants targeted mostly Shia neighbourhoods around the country.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 08:12
"The Apache sale has got to be on the table. We've got to discuss it," the Republican Arizona senator said when asked about whether the arms sale would affect the plan to sell the Boeing Co. helicopters to Iraq.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 08:11
Three Saudi security officers were wounded, one critically, by gunfire outside a police station in a flashpoint village in the mostly Shiite Muslim area of Qatif, the government said on Tuesday.