Calm returns to Cairo as protests die down
CAIRO, February 6, 2011 (AFP) – The Egyptian military on Sunday reinforced its presence around Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicentre of anti-regime protests, as a semblance of normal life ...
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Kuwait faces massive protests as youths call for rally
KUWAIT CITY, February 6, 2011 (AFP) – A Kuwaiti youth group called Sunday for a mass rally outside parliament on Tuesday to protest the government’s “undemocratic practices” a...
Nigeria makes final attempt to register millions of voters
LAGOS, February 5, 2011 (AFP) – Nigeria wrapped up a huge effort to register voters in Africa’s most populous nation Saturday ahead of April elections after a process that was sometimes c...
Protests in Serbia as thousands take to the streets in Belgrade
BELGRADE, February 5, 2011 (AFP) – Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Belgrade on Saturday for a major opposition rally calling for the government to call early elections or...
Muslim Brotherhood: There is no Islamic revolution in Egypt
BERLIN, February 5, 2011 (AFP) – Egypt’s influential Muslim Brotherhood is keeping a low profile in the current unrest because it does not want the revolt to be seen as an Islamic revolut...
Rebel leader says 2011 will be year of blood and tears in Russia
MOSCOW, February 5, 2011 (AFP) – Russia’s leading Islamist rebel has vowed to make 2011 “a year of blood and tears” in a chilling video message released two weeks after a suic...
France suspends arms sale to Egypt
PARIS, February 5, 2011 (AFP) – France said on Saturday it had suspended sales of arms and riot police equipment to Egypt amid mass protests pressing for veteran leader Hosni Mubarak to step do...
The White House tells Iran to shut up after “remarkable” c...
WASHINGTON, February 4, 2011 (AFP) – The White House Friday slammed Iran for intervening in the Egypt crisis, saying Tehran was in no position to make such “remarkable” comments aft...
NATO issues strong warning to Europe over defence cuts
MUNICH, February 4, 2011 (AFP) – NATO’s chief chided European governments Friday over their shrinking military budgets, warning that it would leave Europe weaker in a fast-moving world ma...
President Obama tells Hosni Mubarak not to run for re-election
WASHINGTON, February 1, 2011 (AFP) – US President Barack Obama has told his beleaguered Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak not to stand for re-election in upcoming September elections, the New ...
Foreign Secretary Hague: Egypt not taken big enough step towards resol...
LONDON, February 1, 2011 (AFP) – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s announcement of a new cabinet is not enough to resolve the mass protests engulfing the country, British Foreign Secreta...
Judge in Pakistan blocks moves to hand over US gunman
LAHORE, February 1, 2011 (AFP) – A Pakistani court on Tuesday blocked any move to free a US government employee under investigation for double murder as Washington stepped up calls for his rele...
Islamists slam new PM as Jordan king sacks government
AMMAN, February 1, 2011 (AFP) – King Abdullah II of Jordan sacked the government on Tuesday after weeks of protests, but his choice of replacement premier failed to satisfy the powerful Islamis...
Secretary Clinton to join security talks in Germany
WASHINGTON, February 1, 2011 (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will later this week travel to Germany to attend international security talks and exchange documents putting into forc...
Calls for Quartet to recognise a Palestinian State
RAMALLAH, February 1, 2011 (AFP) – Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat urged the Middle East Quartet on Tuesday to recognise a Palestinian state within 1967 borders when it meets later thi...
Facebook group calls for protests in Syria
NICOSIA, February 1, 2011 (AFP) – A group of Syrian online activists are promoting a day of anger after prayers on Friday to call for a peaceful “2011 Syrian revolution” to end what...