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Egypt’s state of emergency law, which has existed for the past 31 years, is expected to officially end Friday.
Sarah Leah Whitson, director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa division, said the government has often used the law as a tyrannical tool against Egyptians for the last three decades.

Satellite images obtained by a U.S. research organization suggest Iran may be trying to wipe traces of nuclear weapon testing from a key military site.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Russia's failure to take decisive action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "is going to help contribute" to the very civil war officials in Moscow say they are helping to avoid.

US President Barack Obama has sparked a diplomatic row with an angry Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday seeking an apology from him over his reference to a "Polish death camp" at a high profile White House event the previous day.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has clinched the Republican presidential nomination in the Texas primary, a victory that has put him at the top in the delegate chase.

Major-General Robert Mood (centre) in the town of Al-Rastan, Homs province, Syria.

Special Representative Ján Kubiš.

UN and Arab League’s Joint Special Envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan.

Venturing outside Myanmar on her first trip in 24 years, Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Thailand Tuesday marking her arrival on the global stage.

The Iranian government said Tuesday it has produced an antivirus program capable of fighting what computer experts are calling "the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet unleashed."