PERTH, Australia — Firefighters battled two wildfires in Western Australia today, water bombing them from above as they tried to stop their spread. The two blazes have r...
But protesters stay put in Cairo
CAIRO — The Egyptian government pledged today to investigate official corruption and election fraud but thousands of protesters swore not...
MUNICH — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Saturday of a brewing “perfect storm” of economic woes, political repression and popular discontent across...
PARIS — Sweden’s prime minister on Friday led a chorus of European officials calling on Egyptian authorities to protect reporters covering pro-democracy demonstrations t...
CARDWELL, Australia — The storm was roaring outside Diane Robson’s waterfront apartment when she edged onto the balcony to check on her boat in the water below. She swep...
Obama in talks about Mubarak
CAIRO — Protesters demanding President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster packed Cairo’s central square by the tens of thousands today, waving Egyptian f...
CAIRO — Egyptian army tanks and soldiers cleared away pro-government rioters and deployed between them and protesters seeking the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, moving...
CAIRO — Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, attacked anti-government protesters today as ...
Mubarak appoints new government
CAIRO — A coalition of opposition groups called for 1 million people to take to Cairo’s streets Tuesday to demand the removal of President...
SYDNEY — A strong tropical cyclone roared toward Australia’s flood-ravaged northeast today, prompting evacuations and warnings from officials that the storm could be the...
