Cairo, July 6: Egypt's newly-assigned caretaker president Adli Mansour has dismantled the Shura Council, the country's upper house of parliament, in his first constitutional declaration, state media reported.The interim president also issued a presidential decree
New Delhi, July 4: The ongoing political turmoil in Egypt has raised concern in India over possible disruption in crude supplies, two-way trade and investment.Indian companies operating out of the north African nation are keeping
Washington, Jun 29: The United States is working to ensure its embassy and diplomats in Egypt are safe, President Barack Obama said on Saturday after one American was killed and opposition groups vowed millions would
Cairo, Jun 29: The youth group leading the campaign against Egypt's president says it has collected the signatures of 22 million Egyptians who want to remove the Islamist leader.Mahmoud Badr, a leader of the Tamarod,
Pretoria, Jun 29: President Barack Obama says the United States is concerned about protests and political unrest in Egypt. He says the top priority is making sure the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and American consulates
Cairo, Jun 26: Egypt's military on Wednesday brought in reinforcements of troops and armor to bases near Egyptian cities ahead of June 30 protests planned by the opposition to force the Islamist president out, security
Beirut, May 14: A video uploaded to LiveLeak on Sunday claimed to show a Syrian rebel dismembering a dead Syrian soldier and eating the man's heart.The authenticity of the video could not be independently confirmed.A
Beirut, Mar 13: The Syrian army launched a new assault on Monday in the restive northern province of Idlib and the city itself, where residents are suffering “indescribable” humanitarian conditions, activists said.The army offensive, which
Beirut, Jan 10: Syrian President Bashar Assad said today he will not step down, insisting that he still has his people's support.“We will declare victory soon,” he said in the speech at Damascus University broadcast
Shanghai, Dec 2: China is seeing a fresh upsurge in labor unrest as slowing demand for its exports in Europe and the U.S. hits manufacturers already juggling tight credit and weakening growth at home.In one
Sanaa, Sept 24: At least 40 people, among them dissident soldiers, were killed in violence that rocked Yemen's capital today, an activist from the protest organising committee told AFP.“More than 40 people were killed on
Kuala Lumpur, Jul 9: More than 50,000 people today poured onto the streets of Malaysian capital in the biggest political showdown in years to demand electoral reforms, defying a massive lockdown with authorities arresting more
Saana, Apr 4 : Yemen came close to the brink today as security forces shot dead 17 people among the thousands of anti-regime protesters who stormed the Governor's headquarters in the city of Taiz, and
Daraa (Syria), Mar 23: Syrian police launched a relentless assault today on a neighborhood sheltering anti-government protesters, fatally shooting at least 15 in an operation that lasted nearly 24 hours, witnesses said.At least six were
Manama, Mar 21: Bahrain has foiled a "foreign plot" to target Gulf countries, King Hamad said in a possible reference to Iran, after security forces crushed Shiite-led unrest, the state news agency reported today.He said
London, March 21: British Defence Secretary Liam Fox said he would sanction a 'bunker buster' attack on the dictator's lair as long as civilian casualties could be avoided, The Daily Mail reported. As Britain launched
Damascus, March 18: Syrian security forces intervened against a rally in Daraa, south of Damascus, today, the state news agency said as a human rights activist alleged four people were killed and hundreds wounded. Other
Cairo, Feb 3: The Egyptian military started rounding up journalists, possibly for their own protection, on Thursday after they came under attack from supporters of President Hosni Mubarak who have been assaulting anti-government protesters. The
New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI) Plans for many Indian tourists to click a picture in front of the Pyramid, a cruise down the river Nile are coming unstuck due to the political crisis in Egypt
Amman, Feb 1: Jordan's King Abdullah II fired his government Tuesday in the wake of street protests and asked an ex-prime minister to form a new Cabinet, ordering him to launch immediate political reforms. The
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