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The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi has been elected the next president of Egypt. The victory for the long-repressed Islamist group begins a new act in a central drama of the nation's politics over the past 60 years - the Brotherhood versus the military. Morsi addressed the nation late Sunday.

A rally on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi on Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, June 24, 2012

Bomber Umar Patek who has been found guilty of making explosives used in the 2002 blasts that killed 202 people, mostly foreigners, in Bali was Thursday sentenced to 20 years in prison.

At least 101 people were killed in the last three days in sectarian clashes and gun battles between soldiers and insurgents in two Nigerian cities after suicide bombers attacked three churches on Sunday.

Israel has called for stiffer economic sanctions against Iran and hinted that military option was still open following no progress in talks between world powers and Tehran over the Islamic republic's alleged nuclear weapon programme.

The United States on Thursday designated as terrorists three members of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram. The Obama administration says it is working with the government in Abuja to address some of the social and economic problems underlying the violence in northern Nigeria.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected British Prime Minister David Cameron's recent comments saying Russia has changed its stance on Syria.