CAIRO — Winning a dominant majority in Egypt’s first Parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak would be the religious movement’s most significant step since the start of the Arab Spring.
Market indexes gained more than 4 percent Wednesday after central banks acted to contain the debt crisis in the euro zone. But similar rallies quickly withered.
LONDON — A day after the British measures, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday he would seek to intensify European economic sanctions on Iran.
WASHINGTON — The White House has for now overruled State Department officials who favored a show of remorse after a NATO airstrike killed Pakistani soldiers.
MOSCOW — Thousands protested in the Georgian enclave after the invalidation of a presidential election that seemed to favor their candidate over a Kremlin-backed one.