Russian police detained several dozen people at anti-Kremlin rallies in Moscow and St Petersburg on Monday as they tried to protest against limits to freedom of assembly.

A crowd of about 600 chanted

Cairo: Crowds gathered in central Cairo on Tuesday for a protest they hoped would swell to a million people demanding an end to the 30-year-rule of President Hosni Mubarak.

Mubarak's newly appointed

Lahore: A Pakistani court on Tuesday barred the government from handing over a U.S. diplomat arrested for killing two Pakistanis to the United States, in a case that could create new strains between t

Oscars frontrunner The King’s Speech won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, giving the British royals drama yet another boost four weeks ahead of Hollywood’s biggest night.

Jan. 30: The turmoil in Egypt, in which more than 100 people have died, has sent shock waves through the Middle East where other autocratic rulers may face similar challenges, and unsettled financial

Jan. 30: The President, Mr Hosni Mubarak, clinging on despite unprecedented demands for an end to his 30-year rule, met on Sunday with the military which is seen as holding the key to Egypt’s future w

Cairo, Jan. 29: Looters broke into the Egyptian Museum during anti-government protests late on Friday and destroyed two Pharaonic mummies, Egypt’s top archaeologist told state television.

The museum

Jan. 29: Egypt’s President, Mr Hosni Mubarak, gave the first indication on Saturday he was preparing an eventual handover of power by naming a vice-president for the first time in 30 years after prote

Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak gave the first indication on Saturday he was preparing an eventual handover of power by naming a vice-president for the first time in 30 years after protests that have

London, Jan. 28: Gold edged higher as caution dogged the financial markets ahead of US growth data due later, having earlier hit a near four-month low as a better economic outlook dented safe-haven bu