Egypt’s top prosecutor has ordered an investigation into accusations against opposition leaders of incitement to overthrow the regime.

Egypt's judges have joined the stand-off between the country's Islamist President and democracy activists.

New Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has moved first thing into the office once occupied by his ousted predecessor Hosni Mubarak and started work on forming a government.

Islamist Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner in Egypt’s first free presidential election in history, closing the tumultuous first phase of a democratic transition and opening a new struggle with the still-dominant military rulers who recently stripped the presidency of most of its powers.

Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president and handed control to the military after 18 days of pro-democracy demonstrations.

Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military tonight bowing down after a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations.

Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military tonight bowing down after a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations.

EU ministers, afraid that extremists could take over in Egypt, have called for democratic reforms in the country, paving the way for free and fair elections but have not demanded that President Hosni Mubarak resigns.

European Union foreign ministers are tomorrow expected to restate the bloc’s willingness to help Iran develop a civilian nuclear power program if the Islamic republic agrees to international controls to ensure it will not build atomic weapons.

BRITISH Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has dismissed reports of a possible United States nuclear strike against Iran as “completely nuts”.

Russia expressed limited hope today as Russian and Iranian officials started talks in Moscow on an offer to enrich uranium for Iran, seen as a final opportunity for the Islamic regime to avoid the threat of international sanctions over Western concerns it is developing nuclear weapons.

Iran this evening agreed to a two-day delay in reopening its nuclear processing plant here after receiving a request from the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency.

Libya will allow snap inspections to prove it has abandoned its nuclear weapons programme, Prime Minister Shokri Ghanem said today.

LIBYA has agreed to allow snap UN nuclear arms inspections, just a day after declaring it was giving up plans to build an atomic bomb.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plans to authorise the Mossad spy agency to lead the country’s efforts to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, it was reported today.

President Jacques Chirac is lobbying other heads of state to convene an emergency summit of UN Security Council members in search of a compromise on Iraq, his office said today.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday called Iraq’s destruction of its missiles a positive development but said the UN Security Council would have to decide whether Baghdad had met disarmament requirements.

United Nations weapons inspectors today visited two sites in Iraq involved in producing and testing the Al Samoud 2 missile, which Baghdad has been ordered to destroy.

GIVING some needed support to the US, top weapons inspectors backed delivering a tough UN warning to Saddam Hussein, but insisted it was up to the Security Council, not inspectors, to decide on war or peace in Iraq.

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Turning up pressure on sceptical allies, President George Bush’s spokesman today demanded that the UN confront Iraq.

The divided UN Security Council heads into make or break talks this week on a new Iraq resolution, with Washington demanding that Saddam Hussein face the threat of force and France and Russia opposing any language that could trigger military action.