Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi made a speech late on Wednesday that has garnered immense criticism from the Egyptian opposition and sparked anger among portions of the Egyptian public. President Morsi admitted that he had made some mistakes in his ...

On Monday, President Barack Obama spoke on the phone with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan about a range of issues, including the Syrian crisis and protracted demonstrations in Turkey. According to a White House statement, “The two leaders discussed ...

A mob attack in a village near Cairo resulted in the death of five Shia worshipers on Sunday. The mob accused the worshipers of spreading Shia beliefs. The mob numbered in the hundreds and some reports indicate that ...

Turkish activists shifted gears this week, engaging in peaceful protests and organizing neighborhood counsels to discuss demands. On Tuesday, over a thousand protesters gathered in Taksim Square to stand and stare at a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Attaturk, founder ...

President Mohamed Morsi appointed 17 new governors on Sunday including eight Islamists, seven of whom belong to the Muslim Brotherhood. Of these appointments, the naming of Adel al-Khayat as governor of Luxor inflamed controversy and sparked protests which have continued ...

Egypt's National Association for Change (NAC), a broad coalition of pro-democracy groups led by Mohammed ElBaradei, criticised U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson for her comments regarding the Egyptian Army and the mass opposition protests scheduled for June ...

In an address to fellow members of parliament from Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AK Parti), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan "defended the nation's police and vowed to increase their powers to deal with unrest."   Erdoğan said that the police ...

Two Saudi Arabian women have been sentenced to ten months in jail and a two year travel ban for helping a Canadian woman leave her Saudi husband. Equality Now, an NGO dedicated to women's rights, explained that the Canadian ...

Five Turkish unions have announced a one day strike in response to what they called "police violence." Clashes between police and protesters continued over the weekend despite Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's eviction of protesters on Saturday. The unions ...

The Bahrain Interior Ministry announced that it had identified members of the February 14 movement who have alleged links to "a string of crimes committed over the last few months." It named 11 arrested suspects as well as ...

Protests continued into the night in central Istanbul as police attempted to clear Taksim Square with tear gas and water cannons. The square has been largely cleared with bulldozers appearing at dawn to clear away debris however protesters have ...

Riot police in Istanbul withdrew and repositioned after lengthy clashes with protesters in Taksim Square on Tuesday. Clashes have escalated with rioters using firebombs while police continued to respond with tear gas and water cannons. Protesters have been calling ...

Approximately 31 people have been killed and at least 100 injured in Benghazi after a militia opened fire on protesters gathered outside its base on Saturday. Demonstrators reportedly rallied outside the headquarters of the Libya Shield brigade to demand ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan returned from a North African tour on Thursday and was greeted at the airport by a crowd of supporters while protesters continued to rally in Taksim Square. While in Tunisia, Prime Minister Erdogan

The Syrian Foreign Ministry released a report on Monday condemning the Turkish government's response to the protests in Taksim Square. The report criticized "the violence practiced by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan against peaceful demonstrators" and called for Syrian nationals ...

The Public Workers Unions Confederation announced Tuesday that it would begin a two day strike in support of the ongoing protests in Turkey, which are now in their fifth day. Rawya Rageh of AlJazeera noted that the strike was

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for "calm" among protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square after three days of major protests and violent clashes with police. Erdoğan has largely remained "defiant in the face of the biggest popular challenge to his power ...

In Istanbul, at least 60 people have been arrested and more than 100 injured after tear gas was used to disperse protesters during one of Turkey’s most turbulent anti-government demonstrations. The larger protests stemmed from the Occupy Gezi ...