Egypt’s army-backed government detained the Muslim Brotherhood’s leader on Tuesday after a bloody crackdown on his supporters, underscoring its intention to crush the movement that had propelled the country’s first freely elected president to power.

Pakistan’s ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf was indicted Tuesday on three counts over the murder of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto who died in a gun and suicide attack in December 2007. Bringing charges against a former army chief is an unprecedented move in a country ruled for more than half of …

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for a “full investigation” into the deaths of three dozen Islamist detainees in police custody in Egypt. Ban was “deeply disturbed by the reported deaths” of the prisoners

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is to meet with representatives of Kosovo Serbs on Tuesday. Last week Nikolic met with representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo and urged them to participate in the local elections in the autumn. The assembly of Kosovo which is comprised of representatives of the Serbs in …

Top Russian and US officials will meet in The Hague next week to discuss preparations for a long-delayed international peace conference on Syria, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Monday. “This meeting will take place in the middle of next week in The Hague,” Russia’s Deputy

The Syrian army has recaptured rebel-held positions in Latakia, home province of President Bashar al-Assad, state-run SANA news agency reported Monday quoting a military source.

N inspectors arrived in the Syrian capital on Sunday, on a mission to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons, as Syria’s government vowed to fully cooperate with them. Syrian plainclothes security men whisked away the 20-member team, led by Swedish

Russia is preparing tighter customs controls with Ukraine in case Kiev makes the “suicidal” move of signing an association agreement with the European Union, an aide to President Vladimir Putin was

Tunisia’s Foreign Ministry summoned on Friday evening the Egyptian ambassador in Tunis. The Foreign Ministry expressed its concern in light

As ambassadors from the 28 members of the European Union gather in Brussels to “urgently review” a €5 billion aid package to Egypt, the interim government in Cairo has criticised the move.