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Fear of army action as Sudan protesters toughen stand

Sudanese protesters have hardened their stand, demanding a transitional military council be scrapped and immediately replaced with civilian rule as Tuesday they refused to end a days-long sit-in outside army headquarters. Organizers fear the army is seeking to hijack the revolution on the...

Iran's parliament labels entire US army as terrorist

Iran's lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill labeling U.S. forces in the Middle East as terrorist, a day after the U.S. terrorism designation for Iran's Revolutionary Guard formally took effect. State TV says Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami introduced the bill authorizing the...

Bahrain jails 139 on terrorism charges, revokes citizenship

A court in Western-allied Bahrain sentenced 139 people to jail on terrorism charges on Tuesday and revoked the citizenship of all but one of them, the public prosecutor said, in the latest mass trial in the Gulf Arab state. Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has prosecuted...