January 28, 2014
Egypt army backs Sisi as presidential candidate
Egypt's top military body has given its approval for armed forces chief Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to run for the presidency. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) said: "The people's trust in Sisi is a call that must be heeded as…
January 27, 2014
Ukrainian Protesters Seize Justice Ministry
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January 27, 2014
Kidnapped Egyptians Released in Libya
Six Egyptians kidnapped in Libya Saturday have been freed. Libyan officials said the five diplomats and an embassy staff member were released unharmed Sunday. They were kidnapped in retaliation for Egypt's arrest of a Libyan militia commander.…
January 20, 2014
UN invites Iran to Syria peace talks
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has invited Iran to take part in preliminary Syrian peace talks this week in Switzerland, an offer Tehran has accepted. Mr Ban said he had received assurances that Iran would play a positive role in securing a transitional…
January 20, 2014
Suicide Bombing Kills 9 in Pakistan
Officials in northern Pakistan say a suicide bomber has struck a market near the country's military headquarters, killing at least nine people. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack Monday in Rawalpindi, not far from the capital,…
January 20, 2014
Clashes Erupt at Kyiv Rally
A tense standoff between anti-government demonstrators and riot police continued overnight in Kyiv following clashes in the Ukrainian capital. The violence on January 19 came after tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Independence Square in…
January 20, 2014
Obama: Marijuana is not more dangerous than alcohol
President Barack Obama said he doesn't think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol, "in terms of its impact on the individual consumer." "As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very…
January 20, 2014
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad: Quitting not up for debate
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is quoted as saying he has no intention of quitting, and the issue is not up for discussion at forthcoming peace talks. "If we wanted to surrender we would have surrendered from the start," Mr Assad told Russian MPs…
January 19, 2014
Egypt’s Morsi Faces New Trial
Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, already on trial for allegedly inciting violence, also will be tried on charges of insulting the judiciary. Egypt's state-run news agency reported Sunday that just before the military threw him out of power,…
January 19, 2014
Eight Candidates Listed for CAR Interim Presidency
Lawmakers in the Central African Republic have shortlisted eight candidates, including two sons of former presidents, to become interim leader and pull the country out of months of turmoil and factional killings. The members of a transitional…