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The arrest symbolizes rising sectarian tensions in Iraq.

Egyptian government forces cracked down on pro-democracy activists in Cairo Friday. Government sources confirm at least two dead and 150 injured.

In what was probably Iran's response to growing threats made against its sovereignty, and a possible show of strength, the Middle Eastern country announced it is planning war drills to practice closing off the Strait of Hormuz -- one of the world's main oil arteries.

Local elections were held in Syria on Monday, but will a vote do anything to change the ongoing protests and unrest in the country?

The Pakistani Taliban has taken responsibility for a number of devastating attacks across Pakistan in recent years.

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya accused Israel of conducting an unjustified and serious escalation in the Gaza Strip.

Assad forces violently suppress protesters in the Syrian city of Homs and elsewhere.

Kabila, who has been in power since 2001, will serve another five years as president.

Police are spread out across Kinshasa while 20,000 soldiers are on stand-by at military bases.

Nasrallah was surrounded by bodyguards and that the crowd chanted “Death to Israel” during his speech.

With joblessness at 17 percent as of October, the country also faces a potential downgrade of its sovereign debt rating by credit agencies.

A group of students at Georgetown University started this as a homework project, but after analyzing China's huge network of tunnels for storing missiles for as long as three years under their professor, a former top Pentagon official, they made the conclusion that China's nuclear arsenal may be many times larger than previously estimated.

Kabila is widely expected to win another five-year term

A series of bomb blasts in and around Baghdad killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20 on Saturday. Eight of the fatalities were in the commercial Bab al-Sharqi shopping district in central part of the city, where three explosions were recorded.

The situation has become so volatile that police have banned any more political rallies before Monday’s vote takes place.

The PJD's victory is a victory for democracy, Fassi said.

Jehane Noujaim -- director of Control Room, a 2004 documentary about Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera -- was arrested and later released after participating in a protest in Egypt, according to multiple reports on Twitter.

The state of West Bengal is now on high alert, vigilant of possible reprisal attacks by Maoist sympathizers.

Morocco is in the midst of parliamentary elections, following the establishment of a new constitution (approved by referendum in July), one of the reforms enacted by King Mohamed VI.

Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam has been captured in Libya's southern desert, scared and with only a handful of supporters, by fighters who vow to hold him in the mountain town of Zintan until there is a government to hand him over to.

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has told Spurs' that Gareth Bale is overpriced and the he wouldn't pay over the odds for the player.