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Ukraine PM Azarov offers to resign 'to help end conflict'

 Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov offered his resignation to President Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday, saying he hoped his departure would help towards a peaceful settlement to two months of unrest which has convulsed the former Soviet republic. The 66-year-old Azarov...

Ousted Egypt leader arrives at prison break trial

Egypt's toppled President Mohammed Morsi has arrived in Cairo for start of his trial Tuesday over charges he and some 130 others face for prison breaks during the country's 2011 revolution, the state news agency reported. MENA reported that Morsi flew by helicopter from Borg al-Arab...

Assad future blocks progress in Syria peace talks

The key issue of a transitional government to replace President Bashar Assad blocked any progress Monday in Syrian peace talks, described by one delegate as "a dialogue of the deaf." The chief U.N. mediator expressed frustration over inflammatory public remarks by the two sides as he...

Tunisia's assembly finishes new constitution

Tunisia's national assembly approved the final articles of the country's new constitution on Thursday, three years after their uprising against autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali inspired a wave of Arab revolts. Tunisia's new charter, which the assembly will likely vote on Saturday...