Trial date set for Egypt Brotherhood leaders
An Egyptian court on Sunday set a trial date for Muslim Brotherhood leaders in a move likely to enrage supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
05 August 2013
Italy government 'must forge ahead': Berlusconi
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi said Sunday the government "must forge ahead" amid high tension on the political scene after he was handed his first definitive conviction by the country's highest court.
05 August 2013
Russia PM reprimands space chief for failures
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday issued an official reprimand to the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos after a series of embarrassing rocket launch failures.
Rowhani set to become Iran's 7th president
Mid-ranking cleric Hassan Rowhani meets Iran's supreme leader on Saturday to be endorsed as the country's seventh president a day after making controversial comments about the Islamic republic's arch-foe Israel.
04 August 2013
Philippines acquiring French vessel for South China Sea
The Philippines said Saturday it is purchasing a surplus French Navy vessel to boost its forces in the South China Sea where it has an ongoing territorial dispute with China.
03 August 2013
Mugabe party surges towards victory amid calls for calm
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe looked poised to win a seventh term in office after romping to victory in parliamentary polls dismissed as fraudulent by the opposition, as the head of the UN led calls for calm.
03 August 2013
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Merkel's coalition headed for election victory: poll German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their coalition partners are set to win enough votes to again govern Europe's top economy after elections in seven weeks' time.
03 August 2013
US fumes as Russia grants Snowden asylum Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden on Thursday stepped out of the Moscow airport where he was marooned for over five weeks.
02 August 2013
Protests will flare again, says Turkey's 'Standing Man' Protests in Turkey may have died down but they are by no means over, predicts the country's "Standing Man", who pioneered a novel form of resistance to Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamic-rooted government.
US senators condemn political violence in Venezuela Seven US senators from both parties introduced a bill condemning violence against the opposition in Venezuela, calling for dialogue after a contested election.
US gays pour out anger, vodka over Russia laws Demonstrators poured vodka down the drains of New York on Wednesday in protest over new Russian laws that have been widely condemned as anti-gay.