Reuters (UK)
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:55
Hundreds of Egyptian police rallied on Sunday to demand higher wages, in a rare act of defiance of a new protest law which they themselves have been enforcing to quell unrest on the streets.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:25
Brazen al Qaeda attacks on top government targets in Yemen are unlikely to abate while security services remain divided, ill-equipped and infiltrated by militants, and efforts to repair the country's fractured political life remain stalled.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:21
The president said he viewed the likelihood of a satisfactory "end state" as a 50/50 proposition, and repeated that all options remained on the table if Iran did not follow through with its obligations.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:18
The Pentagon has approved the sale of more than 15,000 Raytheon Co anti-tank missiles to Saudi Arabia under two separate deals valued at nearly $1.1 billion.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:16
The case being heard on Monday relates to violence that flared in mid-July near a Brotherhood protest camp at Cairo University. Badie faces charges including inciting the violence.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:15
A senior Palestinian official said the United States was asking Palestinians to make security concessions in peace talks with Israel in order to silence the Jewish state's criticism of world power diplomacy over Iran's nuclear program.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:08
The head of the Syrian National Coalition opposition group said on Sunday a thaw in relations between Washington and Tehran could strengthen President Bashar Assad's hand in Syria's civil war.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 06:22
Egyptian police used tear gas on Friday to end clashes in Cairo between supporters and opponents of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, the state news agency MENA said.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 06:13
"The United States military is fully prepared to support our Yemeni partners in the wake of this incident," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, and without offering further details.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 06:10
The United States will conduct a sea test this month of equipment that could be used to neutralize Syria's most deadly chemical weapons at sea, U.S. defense officials said on Thursday.