At least 12 people were killed across Egypt on Friday, the health ministry said, in clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
Protesters calling for the overthrow of Bahrain's ruling monarchy clashed with police across several Shiite villages overnight, witnesses said Friday without reporting casualties.
Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Cairo as tensions with Egypt worsen dramatically following a bloody crackdown on supporters of the country's ousted president.
Hundreds of Morsi supporters have stormed a government building in Giza and set it alight, reports state TV.
The US National Security Agency (NSA) broke privacy rules and overstepped its legal authority thousands of times in the past two years, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
The Egyptian capital, Cairo is poised for renewed protests as supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi call for marches after Friday prayers.
President Barack Obama says the United States is canceling joint military exercises with Egypt next month, saying normal US cooperation cannot continue in light of the armed forces’ bloody crackdown.
The Israeli and American navies have completed a joint naval war game in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Iran's parliament has approved most of President Hassan Rouhani's cabinet picks, allowing the government to start work, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says.
Turkey's clout in the Middle East is taking a beating with the brutal sidelining of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood derailing Ankara's hopes to lead a regional surge of Islamist political power, analysts say.