
Iraq on edge after deadly raid on protest camp
Security forces stormed a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, sparking deadly clashes in several towns and sharply intensifying rage at ...
Cuban dissidents pick up EU prize, 8 years later
Eight years after winning Europe's top human rights prize, members of a Cuban opposition group on Tuesday finally picked it up after securing ...

Palestinian ends hunger strike in Israeli jail
A Palestinian prisoner who refused food for eight months ended his hunger strike on Tuesday after reaching a deal with Israeli for early release, his ...
Iraq Sunnis stage day of civil disobedience
Many of Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority held a day of civil disobedience on Monday to protest what they see as discrimination by the Shiite-led ...

2nd man arrested in rape of 5-year-old Indian girl
A second suspect was arrested Monday in the rape of a 5-year-old girl who New Delhi police say was left for dead in a locked room, a case that has ...

Condition of Indian girl who was raped improves
The condition of a 5-year-old girl who was raped, tortured and then left alone in a locked room for two days has improved, a doctor said, as protests ...

Clashes in Syria; rebels seek foreign intervention
Syrian troops backed by pro-government gunmen captured at least one village in heavy fighting Sunday in a strategic area near the Lebanese border, ...
Group accuses Egypt's Morsi of ignoring atrocities
Some members of a high-level commission that issued a report detailing security abuses and atrocities during and after Egypt's 2011 uprising accused ...

Bahrain's crown prince: Too early to join talks
Bahrain's crown prince says there will be "a time and a place" for him to participate in the slow-moving political dialogue in the divided Gulf nation ...
Montenegrin opposition rally, claim election fraud
More than 5,000 opposition supporters have rallied in Montenegro claiming their leader was cheated of victory in this month's presidential ballot in ...

Rough inauguration day for new Venezuelan leader
Inauguration day could have gone better for the man picked to lead Venezuela's socialist revolution for the next six years. Hours before President ...

Pro- and anti-Islamist protesters clash in Egypt
Supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president battled in the streets near Tahrir Square on Friday as an Islamist rally demanding a purge of ...

After long period of quiet, Guantanamo grows tense
The morning routine started before dawn with a prisoner chanting the Muslim call to prayer through a small opening in the heavy steel door of his cell ...

Election council to audit vote in Venezuela
Government supporters began filling the streets of Venezuela's capital early Friday to celebrate the inauguration of their leader, even as opponents ...

Muzzle on dissent in Gulf faces backlash in Kuwait
Outside a palm-shaded villa in suburban Kuwait City, government security forces are taunted and defied each night by supporters of a former lawmaker ...

Venezuela crackdown deemed worst in years
National Guard troops beat dozens of opposition supporters inside a barracks for refusing to accept the government-certified electoral victory of Hugo ...
Yemenis dismantle tents, declare end of revolution
In a symbolic move, Yemenis on Thursday began to dismantle protest tent camp in the capital, Sanaa, and other cities across the country, declaring the ...

Guinea police fire tear gas to disperse protesters
Security forces in Guinea clashed with opposition protesters on Thursday who are opposed to the June date set for legislative elections, leaving at ...
Egypt's opposition split over election boycott
A split erupted Thursday in Egypt's main liberal opposition bloc, the National Salvation Front, over whether to go ahead with a boycott of ...
Iran's president holds rare massive rally
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad thanked government workers in a massive rally that was seen as a show of his power ahead of the June presidential ...

Greece pledges swift punishment over farm shooting
Greek officials on Thursday promised "swift and exemplary" punishment for three strawberry plantation foremen who allegedly shot and injured 29 ...
4 accused of anti-gay attack in France
Four people have been detained on suspicion of carrying out an attack at a Lille gay bar, the Interior Ministry said Thursday, amid nationwide ...

Russian opposition leader's trial adjourned
The embezzlement trial of a Russian opposition leader was adjourned for a week shortly after it started Wednesday in a northwestern city besieged by ...