Morsi, an Islamist and key figure in the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood, is the first democratically elected leader of the ancient land at the heart of the Arab world, and was sworn in June 30.

Spanish police say 38 people were arrested and 64 people injured when officers clashed with protesters demonstrating against austerity cutbacks and tax hikes.

The gloomy backdrop for Obama's speech marked the dramatic shifts that have occurred in the year since the General Assembly's last ministerial meeting

While experts say it's too early to declare victory, the numbers are startling: In 2010, pirates seized 47 vessels. This year they've taken five.

Julius Malema appeared in a police station in Polokwane, in South Africa's northeast, before entering the regional court. When he entered the courtroom people there started cheering.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees say Monday's raids in a southern neighborhood badly destroyed the buildings.

Israel's defense minister is calling for a unilateral pullout from most of the West Bank if peace efforts with the Palestinians remain stalled.

An Israeli court is expected to sentence former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a high-profile case that could determine whether he will be able to return to politics.

A deadly shootout last week along Israel's border with Egypt has shined a spotlight on Israel's only mixed female and male combat unit.

As Europe's economic crisis darkens the future of millions of youth, the culture of connections that has lain at the heart of hiring practices in much of the continent is becoming ever more entrenched.

The colorful screenprints are based on a formal photograph of the queen wearing a tiara and necklace that was used during her Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977.

The man was sickened by a coronavirus, which causes most common colds but also causes SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome.

China has nearly mopped up a murder scandal that has roiled the country for months, but the last step will be the most delicate of all.

Women in Yemen are worse off now than a year ago, when they played a significant part in the country's revolution that promised political and economic change

An official says Iran should boycott the 2013 Oscars in the wake of the anti-Islam film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.

Eager buyers formed long lines Friday at Apple Inc. stores in Asia, Europe and North America to be the first to get their hands on the latest version of the smartphone.

Mohammad Amir, a driver for a Pakistani television station, was killed when bullets hit his vehicle in the northwest city of Peshawar, said Kashif Mahmood, a reporter for ARY TV.

Egypt, like Turkey, has its own grand history — evident in the pyramids and other monuments that its ancients left behind, and in a national pride that's distinctive in the Arab world.

Syria's President Bashar Assad is adamant his regime will not fall and predicts the defeat of the armed opposition that has been fighting his troops.

Iran has displayed a new, all-Iranian-made air defense system that is reportedly an upgrade to an earlier Russian-made mobile model.

Shell wants the environmental organization fined €1 million ($1.3 million) if any of its members approach within 500 meters (yards) of any Shell property.

The protests have ratcheted up the pressure on President Mikhail Saakashvili, whose party is facing a tough opposition challenge.

South Korea's navy fired warning shots Friday toward North Korean fishing boats that crossed a disputed maritime boundary, but the shots didn't hit the fishing boats and the vessels retreated.

The United States, Britain, France and Germany expressed growing concern that Iran's goal is building a nuclear arsenal — not nuclear power plants for peaceful civilian use, as Tehran insists.

Noda, in office a year, won 818 points out of a total of 1,231 points in the vote, suggesting the ruling Democratic Party of Japan has rallied around him even as his approval rating has fallen below 30 percent.