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CAIRO—Al-Qaida’s deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, issued the terror network’s first message since the upheaval began in Egypt, saying the country’s rule has long “deviated from Islam” and warning that democracy “can only be non-religious.” The […] […]

PRISTINA, Kosovo—Ethnic Albanian rebels in Kosovo gave detailed testimony in 2003 on an alleged program to kill Serb captives, sell their organs, and bury hundreds of victims to hide evidence of civilian killings, according to […] […]

INSURERS in London are setting up a private fleet of armed patrol boats to stamp out Somali piracy in the Gulf of Aden, but a US military commander has warned there is no naval solution […] […]

LIBYAN security forces killed at least 30 people in a violent crackdown on anti-regime demonstrations during a “Day of Anger” against strongman Muammar Gaddafi, Human Rights Watch reported yesterday. The New York-based group, citing witnesses, […] […]

MANAMA, BAHRAIN—The protesters were bringing flowers to the soldiers. But government forces opened fire on hundreds marching towards Pearl Square on Friday evening, sending protesters scattering, some with bouquets of white flowers clenched in their […] […]

A police officer who suggested women can avoid sexual assault by not dressing like “sluts” has apologized, saying he is “embarrassed” by the remark and that assaulted women are “not victims by choice.” “I made […] […]

CAIRO, Egypt—Detainees held in lockups run by Egypt’s military say they were forced to strip to their underwear, whipped and subjected to electric shocks, according to testimony published Thursday. The detainees had been rounded up […] […]

US President Barack Obama will make a state visit to Britain in May after accepting an invitation from the Queen, Buckingham Palace says. His wife, Michelle, will join him on the three-day trip on May […] […]

Egypt has arrested two former government ministers and a businessman on suspicion of diverting public funds, according to a judicial source. Once widely feared former interior minister Habib el-Hadly was also arrested on suspicion of […] […]

The Bahrain government says a crackdown that killed five protesters was necessary but regrettable. Bahrain’s leaders banned public gatherings and sent tanks into the streets, intensifying a crackdown that left five anti-government protesters dead, wounded […] […]