TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Wild celebrations broke out on Tehran streets that were battlefields four years ago as reformist-backed Hasan Rowhani capped a stunning surge to claim Iran's presidency on Saturday, throwing open the political order after rel... [Full Article]
By Mariam Karouny QUSAIR, Syria (Reuters) - Apart from a bullet-scarred clock tower that somehow survived the battle, few buildings still stood on Wednesday in the ruined streets of the former rebel stronghold of Qusair, seized hours earlier by Syria... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Thousands of volunteers are hitting the pavement around Egypt, on streets, in metro stations, even in hospitals, passing out black-and-white forms to whoever will take them. The goal: To collect millions of signatures on a petition calli... [Full Article]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Crowds of anti-capitalist protesters have blocked streets leading to the European Central Bank in Germany's financial capital, Frankfurt. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh textile workers vented their anger on Friday, burning cars and clashing with police, as the death toll passed 300 following the collapse of a building housing factories that made low-cost g... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's streets are turning into a daily forum for airing a range of social discontents from labor conditions to fuel shortages and the casualties of myriad clashes over the past two years. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris Sunday in support of a government-sponsored bill that would legalize marriage and adoption for same-sex couples. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Unshaven and shivering in the Winter cold, Christopher Burn, 42, cut a desperate figure as he huddled in a rubbish-strewn tunnel in London's financial district. Few people stole a glance at the bespectacled former prison inmat... [Full Article]
The drama of Kuwait's parliamentary elections has nothing to do with the ballot count. It's what may come afterward that has the country on edge as a broad coalition of conservative Islamists, liberal reformers and others vow to boycott Sat... [Full Article]
Renowned for their sword-fighting prowess and notorious for their anti-Semitism in czarist Russia, the Cossacks are taking on new foes: beggars, drunks and improperly parked cars. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]