
Egypt delays early voting on new constitution
Egypt postponed early voting on a contentious draft constitution, and aides to President Mohammed Morsi floated the possibility of canceling the whole ...
Bahrain: Shiite clerics must 'prohibit' violence
Bahrain's Shiite religious leaders must more forcefully denounce violence as a key step to ease the kingdom's 22-month uprising, the country's crown ...

Russia fumes at US bill as "reset" plan takes hit
What happened to the "reset"? U.S.-Russian ties have again plunged into acrimony amid disputes ranging from disagreement on Syria to Russian President ...

Syrian capital a maze of checkpoints, blast walls
Instead of a quick half-hour trip home from her class at Damascus University, Lama Issa says she now must maneuver through security checkpoints, army ...

Protestant militants target Northern Ireland party
Northern Ireland leaders appealed for calm Thursday after Protestant militants attacked offices and a home connected to the most compromise-minded ...

Greek clashes at protests over 2008 police killing
Greek riot police used tear gas Thursday to disperse youths throwing firebombs and stones during an Athens protest to mark the fourth anniversary of ...

Protests force a Slovenia city mayor to step down
The mayor of Slovenia's second-largest city says he is stepping down after thousands in the small EU state demanded his resignation over alleged ...
Ireland imposes 6th straight austerity budget
Ireland's government unveiled plans for €3.5 billion ($4.5 billion) in new taxes and spending cuts in the debt-burdened country's sixth straight ...
Lawmaker: Iran dissident ends her hunger strike
A lawmaker says a jailed Iranian dissident has ended a hunger strike to protest prison conditions and a ban on visits by her family. Lawmaker Mohammad ...

Egyptian leader's opponents, supporters clash
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's supporters and opponents have clashed outside the presidential palace in Cairo, pelting each other with rocks and ...

100,000 protest at Egypt's presidential palace
More than 100,000 Egyptians protested outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday, fueling tensions over Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi's ...
UN rights chief urges Iran to ease up on dissident
The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging Iran to improve conditions for a jailed human rights activist who has been on hunger strike since ...

More street protests rock tiny EU nation Slovenia
Slovenia's prime minister is on trial accused of involvement in a bribery scandal. The main opposition leader — who is also mayor of the capital — is ...

Egypt's highest court joins judicial strike
Egypt's highest court has joined a judicial rebellion against President Mohammed Morsi by declaring an open-ended strike on the day it was supposed ...

Spain's disabled protest austerity cuts
Disabled people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday in the latest protest against broad austerity measures, angry over government cutbacks ...

Thousands attend anti-Nazi rally in Hungary
Thousands attended an anti-Nazi rally Sunday in Hungary organized by Jewish and civic groups to protest a far-right lawmaker's call to screen Jews for ...

Union calls off strike in restive Tunisian town
A Tunisian labor union on Sunday suspended a nearly weeklong strike in an impoverished central town after the national government agreed to remove a ...

Egypt's president sets date for constitution vote
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi called Saturday for a referendum in two weeks on a contentious draft constitution, setting a date for another ...

Brazilians protest against stadium privatization
Hundreds of people have held a protest march against the privatization of Brazil's iconic Maracana Stadium. Organizers say at least 800 people, ...

Slovenia police: 33 facing charges over violence
More than 30 people are facing charges in Slovenia, police said Saturday, for clashing with police during anti-government protests in the capital that ...
Fracking opponents protest in London
Opponents of shale gas extraction are protesting amid reports the government is to green-light the controversial practice, known as fracking.

Clashes in Slovenia before presidential vote
Clashes broke out Friday night in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana as angry demonstrators tried to push through a police cordon to storm parliament ...

Suu Kyi wants gov't apology for violent crackdown
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday said authorities must apologize for a violent crackdown on monks and other foes of a mine in northwest ...
Bosnian Serb public servants protest salary cuts
Almost 3,000 public servants of the Serb region of Bosnia-Herzegovina are protesting against an announced 10 percent salary decrease that is expected ...