China, South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) blasted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent visit to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine at a UN Security Council open debate on Wednesday.
Egypt's National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, a pro-ousted president Mohamed Morsi coalition, called for 18 days of protests as of Friday to mark the fourth anniversary of the January 25 uprising that removed president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
A heated debate emerged on Sunday 's weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, regarding the peace talk with the Palestinians and the level of incitement against Israel in the Palestinian Authority, the Ha'aretz daily reported.
The police in Turkey's Istanbul fired rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon to disperse more than 10,000 anti-government protesters on Sunday.
Egypt's Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat referred Wednesday deposed President Mohamed Morsi and other leading Muslim Brotherhood figures to the criminal court over charges of "espionage," state-run MENA news agency reported.
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak was brought back to a Cairo criminal court, as former chief of staff of the armed forces Sami Anan will testify over charges against Mubarak, state-run Al Ahram website reported on Sunday.
Thousands of anti-government protesters led by former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban simultaneously demonstrated at varied government premises and mainstream TV stations in the Thai capital on Monday in a sustained bid to put an end to the alleged "Thaksin's rule" carried out by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Russian Investigative Committee (IC) has mitigated its accusations against 30 Greenpeace activists, the IC said Wednesday.
Lawyers for environmentalists detained in the Russian polar city of Murmansk would complain to the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR), Greenpeace said Monday.
The British embassy in Beirut on Wednesday amended its travel advice to Lebanon, and kept its warning of travelling "to some areas" in the county.
Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he is "confident" that US congress will agree to government's plan to launch military strike against Syria.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that his country is capable of confronting any external aggression, in reference to a possible U.S.-led strike against his country, as Iran, his staunchest ally, pledged constant support to Damascus in face of escalating pressures.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Congress to support President Barack Obama's push for military action in Syria.
Britain's House of Commons on Thursday voted to reject a government motion on military action against Syria after eight hours of intense debate.
A British government motion published on Wednesday suggests the country may not take military action against Syria until the United Nations completes its investigation on the alleged use of chemical weapons.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday warned of "disastrous" consequences of a possible U.S. attack on Syria, saying that U.S. military intervention in Syria will be a "catastrophe" for the region, semi- official ISNA news agency reported.
UN political chief Jeffrey Feltman appreciated Iran's statement that it is committed to facilitate a political solution to end the Syrian crisis, a UN spokesperson said Tuesday.
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