Lawyers for deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi withdrew in protest after he appeared in court on Sunday on charges of conspiring with foreign groups to commit terrorist acts in  Egypt . Mursi's legal team protested they could not hear their client speak from inside a...

Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who led revolts against U.S. forces in  Iraq  before their pullout and became a major influence in the government, said he is leaving political life and has dissolved his movement. Sadr gave no reason for the retirement announced...

Deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi appeared in court on Sunday on charges of conspiring with foreign groups to commit terrorist acts in  Egypt , in a further escalation of the crackdown against his Muslim Brotherhood. Declaring it "the biggest case of conspiracy in the...

The death toll of al-Yadouda car explosion in Daraa Friday rose to 47 people, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Activists have accused regime forces of carrying out the attack near a mosque in al-Yadouda town, the number of martyrs is likely to rise...