Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel- Fatah al-Sisi met Monday with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, who praised the army's response to the will of the people, state-run al-Ahram Online reported.
Moscow may exchange a married couple convicted in Germany for spying for Russia with a CIA agent jailed in Russia, the couple's lawyer said Monday.
Explanations provided so far by the United States concerning its alleged spying on Brazilian telephone and Internet communications are not enough, says Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota.
French police have said that the final death toll in Friday's train derailment south of Paris is now definitive at six, media reported on Saturday.
With record low approval ratings and most of his economic promises in tatters, French President Francois Hollande on Sunday said growth was recovering and unemployment would decrease as government's measures were boring fruit, likely to ease growing public tension.
About 160,000 servicemen early Saturday participated in Russia's largest snap combat readiness military exercise since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia's defense minister said.
The Nelson Mandela Center of Memory kicked off the Mandela's 95th birthday celebrating activities with a visit to the Bertrams Junior School here on Sunday.
Tens of thousands of police and polling officials in Zimbabwe began casting their ballots two days ahead of the July 31 general elections, when they will be needed on duty.
At least 181 people have been killed and 217 others injured in the inter-communal conflict in Kenya since January, the UN humanitarian agency said in its latest report released in Nairobi on Thursday.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday threw his weight behind the pending reform of U.S. immigration policy.
Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker has said he will convene the government Thursday and will suggest the Palace a snap election following a spying scandal.
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations objected on Thursday to a U.S. assertion Moscow was against a U.N. investigation team to follow up on allegations that chemical weapons have been used during the civil war in Syria.
Brazil's Defense Minister Celso Amorim admitted on Wednesday that the country is very vulnerable when it comes to cyber defense, making foreign espionage easier.
South African former president Mandela was responding to medical treatment, the presidency website said on Wednesday.
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made his first public appearance in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to 30 charges for his alleged role in the tragedy that killed three and hurt over 200 others in April, U.S. media reported.
The Russian Air Force would receive more than 100 new warplanes and helicopters this year, a high ranking military officer said Wednesday.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said Wednesday that deposed President Mohamed Morsi is in a safe place and well treated, but not allowed out for his own safety, official news agency MENA reported.
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