New Islamist Protest

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  Charlie Hebdo Attack Victims Honoured As Iran Fumes Over New Cartoons

  French politicians paid tribute Saturday to Charlie Hebdo staff and other victims of the January 2015 Islamist attacks, days after the satirical weekly's latest edition sparked outrage in Iran.

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  In Egypt, the 'Disappeared' Resurface on TV as 'Terrorists'

  Detentions and videotaped confessions are a new feature of a crackdown on dissent launched after the military toppled Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 -- Egypt's first freely-elected president -- after mass protests, rights groups say.

• Judicial Source Denies Egypt's Mohamed Morsi Will Face New Trial

  An Egyptian judicial source said Tuesday that former president Mohamed Morsi will not face a new trial for incitement to murder, contradicting a claim from the prosecution.

• Egypt Braces For New Islamist Protest

  Egyptians are bracing for potential violence ahead of a planned major protest by Islamists calling for the toppling of the government, with security forces vowing to confront any unrest with "lethal force."

• Mohamed Morsi goes on trial in tense Egypt

  Egypt's deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi went on trial on Monday in a Cairo courthouse over protester deaths, raising fears of new bloodshed four months after the army ousted him.

• Egypt Islamists vow new demos as security forces besiege mosque; 80 dead in clashes

  Egyptian security forces surrounded a Cairo mosque full of supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi on Saturday as protesters planned fresh marches after street battles that left more than 80 dead.

• Bangladesh police clash with Jamaat-e-Islami supporters during protest against court ban

  Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at supporters of the country's largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami today as they protested against a ban preventing it from contesting next year's general elections.

• Mohamed ElBaradei picked as new Egypt PM: anti-Morsi movement

  Liberal opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has been chosen as Egypt's new prime minister, the Tamarod campaign behind the protests that toppled Islamist President Mohamed Morsi said on Saturday after talks with the country's interim president.

• Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood calls for protests on Friday

  Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called for a wave of protests on Friday, furious over the military's ouster of its president and arrest of its revered leader and other top figures, underlining the touchy issue of what role the fundamentalist Islamist movement might play in the new regime.

• In New York's 'Little Egypt,' Egyptian-Americans cheer Mohamed Morsi's ouster

  Members of New York's Egyptian community descended on the coffee shops, delis and Hookah bars of "Little Egypt" on Wednesday to celebrate the overthrowing of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi after one year in office.

• 10 dead as Bangladesh protesters clash with police demanding new blasphemy law

  Hundreds of thousands of Islamists demanding a new blasphemy law on Sunday blocked highways and fought running battles with police, leaving 10 people dead and hundreds injured in the Bangladeshi capital.

• Violence flares on anniversary of Egypt uprising

  Youths fought Egyptian police in Cairo and Alexandria on Friday on the second anniversary of the revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak and brought the election of an Islamist president who protesters accuse of riding roughshod over the new democracy.

• Egyptians vote on controversial draft charter

  Eyptians voted on Saturday in the final round of a referendum on a new constitution championed by President Mohamed Morsi and his Islamist allies against fierce protests from the secular-leaning opposition.

• Clashes as Egyptian Islamists stage rally

  Supporters of President Mohamed Morsi and his opponents hurled rocks at each other in Egypt's second city on the eve of a final vote on a new constitution shaped by Islamists.

• Egypt's Mohamed Morsi returns to palace after mass rally

  Egypt's president returned to his Cairo palace on Wednesday with hundreds of protesters still camped outside a day after a mass outpouring of anger that has given new momentum to the opposition demanding that the Islamist leader rescind decrees giving him sweeping powers.