Twenty-eight people were arrested on suspicion of attacking soldiers and burning military vehicles during clashes between the army and demonstrators, state media reported on Tuesday.
In Egypt, Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenuda III has called for three days of mourning and fasting to remember the 20 Christians killed during a protest in Cairo Sunday.
In Egypt, Coptic Christians mourned the 25 people killed on Sunday when a protest in Cairo turned violent. Above the sadness, there is anger -- the intense frustration of being ignored and persecuted, of being blamed by the government for starting the violence that killed their own.
Centamin Egypt Ltd. said its gold production had returned to planned levels after the regular delivery of blasting products resumed in late July.
Christian protestors in Cairo, Egypt were attacked on Sunday night, turning a moderate demonstration into all out anarchy.
Journalists and witnesses are challenging the Egyptian government's account of Coptic-led protests that turned deadly, charging that the Egyptian military provoked violence and later attributed it to sectarian tension.
Two entries in the Academy's Best Foreign-Language Film category are among the five Best Feature Film nominees at the 2011 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, which announced its nominees on Monday.
Ironically, RIMM shares are up 2.4 percent in New York trading.
The eight men were beheaded in Riyadh on Friday following conviction for the alleged killing of an Egyptian national in 2007.
Thousands of protesting Christians clashed with with the Egyptian military in Cairo Sunday, resulting in at least 19 deaths, officials said. The fierce, bloody battle left many in shock as the Christian protesters said their demonstration began peacefully -- and they wanted it to remain that way.
What started as a protest to occupy Wall Street seems to have turned into a protest that wants to occupy more New York locations.
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three women on Friday for their collective nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work.
As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to spread across the country, the protestors in the place where it all started, New York City, are being blamed for the recent clashes with police, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
It's been nine months since the beginning of the Arab Spring, and North African and The Middle East are still very much in turmoil.
Air Traffic Controllers at Cairo airport are causing major slowdowns in protest of promised pay.
Egypt's leading liberal party Wafd has scrapped an electoral alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's largest political force, because it wants to field more candidates than the tie-up would have allowed, said a senior Wafd official.
As the Occupy Wall Street movement spreads across the country and the GOP presidential race heats up, the two have sort of merged, with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain telling the protestors if they don't have a job, it's their own doing.
Egypt's army will not propose a candidate in the upcoming presidential election, its military ruler said on Wednesday, denying speculation that it may have in mind a military nominee who could be seen as out of step with a transition to democracy.
Representatives of the Dalai Lama, who is based in northern India, began the visa application process in June.
Turkish Prime Tayyip Erdogan visited South Africa on Tuesday, the latest stop in a diplomatic drive into the resource-rich continent whose attention is increasingly fixed on emerging market relationships rather than old commercial ties to Europe.
IBTimes spoke with Heather Gautney, a sociology professor at Fordham University, about the significance of the Occupy Wall Street protests and how they might unfold in the coming weeks.
Panetta also advised Israel it must repair deteriorating relations with Turkey and Egypt.
