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Fighting in North and South Kivu provinces in the DRC has led to massive displacement, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.

Activists in Cairo protesting against police brutality.

Egyptian voters waiting inside a polling station in Cairo, Saturday, June 16, 2012

Syrian forces have reclaimed a mountainous town from the rebel control after eight days of heavy fighting and bombardment, signaling that both sides were using heavy weapons despite a UN-backed peace plan in vogue.

Tempers flared and protesters took to the streets after Egypt's constitutional court issued twin rulings effectively dissolving the Islamist-led parliament and allowing former officials to run for office just days ahead of a presidential run-off election.

This UN vehicle was damaged by an angry crowd in El-Haffeh, Syria, on 12 June 2012 as it tried to access the area.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi Thursday blamed the trans-regional forces deployed in Afghanistan for the growing insecurities in the war-torn country and warned that long term US military presence in the country would lead to further chaos.

Russia is Syria's biggest ally. Over the last year, the Kremlin has painted the Syrian revolt as a proxy war between East and West. Now with Syria slipping more and more into a civil war, can Moscow use its influence over Damascus to forge a political solution?

Deadly explosions rocked cities across Iraq Wednesday, killing at least 72 people and wounding nearly 260. The bombings coincided with an annual Shi'ite pilgrimage to honor a revered 8th century religious figure.