(Reuters) - Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on Sunday, condemning a court decision to drop criminal charges against Hosni Mubarak, the president whose ouster in the 2011 uprising raised hopes of a new era of political openness. Hundreds of demonstrators...

SHATILA CAMP, Lebanon — An enormous iron key hangs on a water tower above a crossroads in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila, just south of downtown Beirut. The sculpture alludes to the rusting keys that many families here treasure, from houses lost when they fled what became...

By Zaman Staff; Translation by Yusra Ahmed Gaziantep (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many armed groups and battalions in Syria, have announced yesterday forming the “Syrian Revolution Leadership Council” as a part of “Hang on” initiative, which aims to unite...

At least 50 people were killed in multiple blasts and sporadic gunfire in and around a prominent mosque in Nigeria's northwestern Kano State as Muslims observed Friday prayers, an emergency official has said. "I cannot tell you at the moment how many people died in total, but...