Egyptian authorities shut down four Islamist-run TV stations viewed as sympathetic to ousted President Mohamed Morsi. The military also raided the offices of Al Jazeera.
A United Arab Emirates court gave sentences of up to 15 years in prison to 69 academics, lawyers and other professionals who are among 94 on trial for planning an Islamist coup.
An anarchist tent in Cairo’s occupied Tahrir Square. The Egyptian anarchist bloc participated in the anti-Morsi protests—but with a dissident perspective that warns against either Islamist or military dictatorship. Joshua Stephens of Waging Nonviolence speaks with Mohammed Hassan Aazab, a member of… Read moreAnarchists in Tahrir Square
The Egyptian anarchist bloc is participating in the anti-Morsi protests—but with a dissident perspective that warns against either Islamist or military dictatorship.
The Egyptian military deposed President Mohamed Morsi, suspended the constitution, and installed an interim government headed by High Constitutional Court judge Adly Mansour.
Four Guantánamo Bay prisoners filed a motion asking a US district court to order the prison’s officials to stop the practice of force-feeding hunger strikers.
World War 4 Report editor Bill Weinberg's presentation about Peru at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space on New York's Lower East Side is now on YouTube.
A Bahraini high criminal court acquitted two police officers on trial for the torture of six Shi’iite doctors during the uprising against the Sunni regime in 2011.
Amid a natiowide uprising, Egypt’s Court of Cassation ordered that Mubarak-era figure Abdel Meguid Mahmoud be reinstated as prosecutor-general.
Port workers and copper miners joined students in the latest marches for free education, while the media and government focused on violence by a few of the marchers.
The governing center-left Workers Party is pushing for major political reform in response to the June protests, but would that be enough to satisfy the protesters?
