Mubarak returns to court in Egypt

2011-08-15 18:50:51

Street clashes broke out on Monday as ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak returned to court to face charges over the killing of protesters, the first Arab leader to stand trial in person since popular uprisings began sweeping the Middle East.

Egypt's ex-president Mubarak to return to court

2011-08-15 16:20:53

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak returns to court on Monday to face charges of killing protesters, in a hearing that could decide if the head of the ruling military council will take the stand as a witness.

Life in the famine-hit Somalia

2011-08-15 11:05:19

Geediyo Mohamed Abdi, a displaced Somali mother, sits next her children in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu August 14, 2011.

Gaddafi mobilizes supporters for battle

2011-08-15 10:30:51

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi Monday called upon his supporters to gear up for a campaign to liberate rebel-held towns.

S Africa's workers start wage strike

2011-08-15 10:52:12

At least 145,000 South African municipal workers will walk off the job on Monday in a strike aimed at shutting down services including garbage collection.

Gadhafi urges Libyans to fight NATO

2011-08-15 09:35:24

Libyan state television early on Monday broadcast what it said was a live speech by Muammar Gadhafi calling on the Libyan people to arm themselves to liberate the country from "traitors and from NATO."

Somalia to protect aid convoys

2011-08-15 07:13:06

Somalia called on Saturday for the establishment of a new force to protect food aid convoys and camps in this country racked by famine and declared a state of emergency in parts of Mogadishu.

Lawyers press demand in Mubarak security head trial

2011-08-14 20:11:53

The trial of Egypt's former interior minister over the death of protesters in an 18-day uprising resumed on Sunday, with lawyers for the dead demanding the government reveal letters and logs of phone calls to discover who gave the order to open fire.

Bomb attacks kill at least 60 in Iraq

2011-08-16 08:27:41

A string of suicide attackers and car bombs across Iraq on Monday killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 200, casting a shadow over a country where security remains turbulent just months before a scheduled US pullout by the year-end.

Iran: India paid two thirds of oil debt

2011-08-15 16:51:15

Iran has received two thirds of the oil debts from Indian buyers that had accumulated this year due to a sanctions-related payments problem, Central Bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani told the students' news agency ISNA on Monday.

10 killed, 30 wounded in Iraq's Diyala

2011-08-15 16:26:59

Ten people were killed and 30 others wounded in separate bomb and gunfire attacks, including a car bomb, in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala on Monday, a provincial police source said.

Two bombs kill at least 34 in Iraq's Kut-officials

2011-08-15 15:25:15

A roadside bomb and a car bomb killed at least 34 people in Iraq's Kut city, police and local officials said on Monday.