Egypt police, protesters clash after soccer riot
Agencies
Anger over a deadly soccer riot erupted in fresh clashes that injured nearly 400 people on Thursday as security forces fired tear gas at fans and other protesters who accused police of failing to stop the bloodshed.
7 killed in ambush on Syrian military
Xinhua
Seven soldiers, including a colonel, were killed on Monday as an armed group ambushed a military bus in Daraa province in southern Syria, the private Sham FM reported.
Egyptians ask army to hand power to civilians
Agencies
Egyptian youths camped out on Thursday in Cairo's Tahrir Square and vowed to stay put until the army hands power to civilians, a day after a mass demonstration marked a year since an uprising which brought down Hosni Mubarak.
Radioactive material stolen in Egypt
Agencies
Radioactive material has been stolen from a nuclear power station on Egypt's Mediterranean coast that was the site of violent protests last week, state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported on Thursday.
Bomb kills official at Iran nuke facility
Agencies and Xinhua
Two assailants on a motorcycle attached magnetic bombs on Wednesday to the car of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility, killing him and wounding two others, Iran's Fars News Agencey reported.
Syria's Assad refuses to resign
Agencies and Xinhua
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Tuesday to respond to threats against him with an "iron hand" and refused to step down, insisting he still has his people's support despite the 10-month uprising.