Month: June 2013
U.S. Marines placed on ready amid Egyptian unrest
U.S. Marines stationed in southern Europe have been put on alert as a precaution in advance of expected…
Obama’s advice to S. African youth
President Barack Obama held a town hall meeting Saturday with a group of young people in the Soweto…
Protesters face off in Egypt
At least three people were killed and 174 injured during clashes in Egypt on Sunday, officials said, exactly…
U.S. student killed in Egypt was enthralled with region
An American student fatally stabbed in Egypt was so fascinated with the region, he read poems about it…
Obama to visit prison where Mandela held
U.S. President Barack Obama wraps up his South Africa tour by visiting the prison where Nelson Mandela spent…
Obama to visit prison where Mandela held
U.S. President Barack Obama wraps up his South Africa tour by visiting the prison where Nelson Mandela spent…
Obama to meet Mandela’s family privately
President Barack Obama and the first lady are meeting privately with Nelson Mandela's family, but they will not…
In Egypt, clashes rage on over Morsy
Supporters of Egypt's embattled president clashed with his opponents in the port city of Alexandria early Saturday, state…
Violence flares in tense Nigerian region
Authorities in central Nigeria were investigating an outbreak of violence in a region rife with Muslim-Christian tensions and…
Muslim Brotherhood offices attacked
Three members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood were killed in violence over the past day, a spokesman for the…
Zuma: Mandela’s condition much better
The condition of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has improved, President Jacob Zuma said, as South Africans…
Egypt’s ‘second revolution’
Cynthia Schneider says the Egyptian revolution is far from over.