Little by little China is forming military links in Africa and in the Indian Ocean in order, experts say, to protect Beijing’s economic interests in the region. In the past three weeks Beijing has...
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least two people were killed and 100 wounded in Cairo on Friday as demonstrators fought troops in the worst violence since Egypt began its first free election in six decades....
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptians voting on Thursday said they felt empowered by the first free election after Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule, a poll likely to give Islamists the upper hand in a parliament that...
The enshrinement of equal rights for homosexuals into US foreign policy activities has drawn quick ire from African nations, with one senior figure saying the notion is “abhorrent” across the continent. President Obama has...
(AP) CAIRO – The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said Tuesday he is prepared to compromise with the ruling military on the formation of a new government, and that fears of the “Islamization” of...
The US said that China signing up to a such a deal was a “basic requirement” for its own participation but even then, it offered no guarantees. Meanwhile China and the G77 group of developing...
Zimbabwean police believe there is a nationwide syndicate of women raping men, possibly to use their semen for use in rituals that claim to make people wealthy. It has taken more than a year for...
Nov 28 (Reuters) – Egyptians voted in droves on Monday in the first election since the fall of longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, giving Islamists a chance to make political gains even as the army...
Clashes have again erupted in the Egyptian capital as security forces continue their efforts to clear Cairo’s Tahrir Square of protesters. Protesters fear the interim military government is trying to retain its grip on...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government has launched an investigation into whether Iran supplied Muammar Qaddafi’s Libyan regime with artillery shells that were subsequently filled with a highly toxic mustard agent, The Washington Post reported....
