Daniel Tovrov

Although it is not entirely clear what the council will do, it does not have a precedent in recent Egyptian political history.

Jun 18, 2012

Luka Rocco Magnotta was flown back to his native Canada on Monday where he will face trial for the first degree murder of student Jun Lin

Jun 18, 2012

Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the three suicide attacks on churches in Kaduna state on Sunday, saying that the bombings were retribution for past Christian atrocities against Muslims.

Jun 18, 2012

Rwanda officially ended the Gacaca community court system for prosecuting suspects from the 1994 genocide.

Jun 18, 2012

China also towed some of its fishing vessels out of the area as the storm approached but reportedly left surveillance vessels behind.

Jun 18, 2012

After the Church bombings, two of which occurred in the city of Zaria and one in Kaduna City, a mob of Christians in Kaduna state retaliated by killing more than 50 people.

Jun 18, 2012

Iran has been suspected of developing nuclear weapons, and the world powers in the Russian capital will spend two days trying to get Tehran to stop the enrichment and storage of uranium to 20 percent and open a secret military facility to United Nations inspectors.

Jun 18, 2012

A deft political move by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, or SCAF, led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, has all but annulled the significance of the presidential elections.

Jun 18, 2012

Caught in the middle of a bloody 15-month-long uprising are Syria's 2 million Christians, who are wary of leaving behind a repressive and totalitarian regime.

Jun 16, 2012

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has made growth and cutting the size and weight of the state his top priority.

Jun 15, 2012

Saudi activist Manal al-Sharif wrote an open letter to King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz imploring him to soften the nationwide ban on women drivers.

Jun 15, 2012

Fatou Bensouda was sworn in as the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Friday, making her not only the first African, but also the first woman, to lead the United Nations-backed tribunal.

Jun 15, 2012

Tokyo police arrested the the last fugitive from the Aum Shinrikyo cult on Friday.

Jun 15, 2012

This Saturday and Sunday, Egyptians will head for polling station to choose who will be their first democratically elected president, but they are faced with a hard choice now that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, or SCAF, has seized greater control.

Jun 15, 2012

The United States has been building drone bases across the African continent since 2007, as well as flying old-fashioned ... spy flights, and is spending tens of millions of dollars to track groups like al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and Boko Haram.

Jun 14, 2012

Egypt's High Constitutional Court ruled that the election of one-third of Egypt's parliament was unconstitutional, which could effectively disband the legislative body while its still in its infancy

Jun 14, 2012

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Moscow that it could lose its regional influence if it continues to side with the Syrian government and its 15 month-long crackdown.

Jun 14, 2012

Anarchists have been arrested for a spate of bomb attacks in Italy, and are being blamed for violence in Europe and the U.S. Is this the comeback of a movement that was considered a big threat a century ago?

Jun 13, 2012

After eight days of shelling, Syrian forces wrested control of the village of Haffa from rebels on Wednesday.

Jun 13, 2012

South African President Jacob Zuma appointed Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega police chief on Tuesday only moments after firing General Bheki Cele from the post.

Jun 12, 2012

Opposition groups in Russia published their Manifesto of Free Russia, which demands an end to Putin's 12-year rule.

Jun 12, 2012

Washington, which put a $33 million bounty on the heads of six al Shabab commanders last week, said on Sunday that it will continue to provide assistance to the African Union Mission in Somalia, of which Kenya is a part, but did not elaborate.

Jun 12, 2012

Talks to reopen the route are stalled, but the withdrawal of the team of low-level specialists does not indicate a significant break in U.S.-Pakistan relations

Jun 11, 2012

Less than a week after the State Department put a $33 million bounty out for the capture of six high-ranking Somali rebels, al Shabaab has retaliated by offering its own reward for President Barack Obama.

Jun 11, 2012

On Sunday, Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz endorsed using military intervention to stop the ongoing crisis in Syria.

Jun 11, 2012

Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the twin attacks on evangelical churches that killed at least four people and injured dozens more on Sunday.

Jun 11, 2012

The head of the Syrian opposition, Abdel Basset Sayda, urged officials to defect from Bashar al-Assad's government.

Jun 11, 2012

The American-backed transitional government of Somalia is set to hand over power to a new civilian government by Aug. 20

Jun 11, 2012

Authorities say that the 11 men and three women are the latest victims of turf wars between rival drug cartels.

Jun 08, 2012