Russia’s granting of asylum to Edward Snowden may have ended nearly six weeks in airport limbo for the man who leaked some of America’s most sensitive intelligence gathering programmes. But it has further poisoned the already severely strained relations between Moscow and Washington.

Two prisoners will be transferred out of the controversial prison to Algeria if plans go ahead

Police fire bullets, birdshot and tear gas at supporters of ousted president

Brotherhood warns of 'civil war' if generals launch expected crackdown

In the northeastern suburbs of Damascus, regime forces killed scores of rebels in an ambush early Sunday.

Huawei responds, calling allegations 'tired' and 'unsubstantiated'

Review follows a report from the UK's Intelligence and Security Committee that raised security fears over influence of the Chinese government

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rakes in up to $200,000 (£132,000) a night in the lucrative world of professional speechmaking, according to The New York Times.

Muslim Brotherhood tells its members to take to the streets, as the US warns interim government against “arbitrary arrests” of opposition

Ahmed Samir Assem, a 26-year-old photojournalist, was one of 51 killed on Monday as he took photos outside the Republican Guard building in Cairo

On Monday Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that he is retiring at the end of his term. Perry’s is most famous internationally for his hopeless run to be the Republican Presidential candidate in 2011-2012.

Foreign Secretary calls for investigation into incident that left at least 40 dead

Richard Nixon managed it, and his party soon returned to power. The lesson from the Cairo coup last week could not have been more different

'Over my dead body!' Dramatic accounts from army, security and Muslim Brotherhood officials