REUTERS

Tunisia counts votes after first Arab Spring election

10:10 AM PDT

Moderate Islamists said on Monday their party appeared to be ahead in Tunisia's first free election since an uprising earlier this year that set off the Arab Spring revolts, hinting at a shift in a country long known for its secularism.

Turkey Earthquake 2011: Lack of Equipment Slows Rescue Attempt

8:38 AM PDT

The death toll for Turkey's 2011 earthquake has risen to 239 people, with around 1,300 people injured, the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, Beşir Atalay has announced and rescue workers aren't getting to casualties fast enough due to a lack of equipment.

U.S. Ambassador Leaves Syria as Threats, Violence Escalates

7:26 AM PDT

Although Ford is leaving Syria, the U.S. embassy in Damascus will remain open. Additionally, the Syrian ambassador to the United States will stay in Washington D.C.

Fidel Castro calls NATO "brutal" for Libya role

10:08 AM PDT

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro denounced NATO on Monday for its role in the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, saying the "brutal military alliance has become the most perfidious instrument of repression the history of humanity has known.".

Medical and militia officials in Tripoli exhume two corpses from a site they identified as a mass grave

Gaddafi Followers 'Executed' in Sirte: Libya and the Dirty Face of the ‘Liberation'

8:58 AM PDT

Libya might have now been 'liberated' but the consequences of nine months of conflict between the anti and pro Gaddafi forces might take much longer to heal as the 53 bodies of apparent Gaddafi loyalists who appeared to have been executed were found by Human Rights Watch (HRW).

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Libya

Libya ends public showing of Gaddafi's body

10:03 AM ET

Libya's interim rulers ended the public display of the bodies of Muammar Gaddafi, his son and army chief on Monday after four days in which thousands of Libyans came to see for themselves that the dictator was really dead.

Nigeria

Nigeria arrests 46 oil thieves, seizes ship

10:14 AM ET

Nigeria's military said on Monday they had detained a small oil tanker and arrested 46 people trying to ship illegally refined oil products, pursuing a fight against an underground industry worth hundred of millions of dollars a year.

Burundi

Burundi police kill four gunmen in clash

10:15 AM ET

Burundi police killed four gunmen after a heavy exchange of fire, a police officer said on Monday, the latest in a series of violent incidents that raise concerns about a new insurgency in the coffee-producing nation.

EU

EU Referendum: Half the Country Would Want Out of Europe

09:32 AM ET

If the UK had an “in-out” referendum tomorrow on membership within the EU half the country would vote “out”, a majority that would comfortably pass the motion.