The Egyptian government moved Monday to defuse protests, offering public-sector workers a pay raise.

A volcano in Russia has begun erupting, spurting ash up to four kilometres into the sky.

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The only ones benefitting from Egypts wealth have ties to the ruling party.

Journalists harassed, threatened and detained in Egypt share their stories with Brian Todd.

David Gergen and Jill Dougherty on the Obama administration's approach to Egypt.

Alex Marquardt takes a look at how the protests have changed in two weeks.

Queen Noor of Jordan talks about the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and partisan politics in America.

The Op-Ed columnist Roger Cohen speaks with Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel laureate and opposition leader, about democracy in Egypt.

Eugene Chausovsky examines the reasons why it is unlikely the unrest in Egypt will have a contagion effect on the countries of the former Soviet Union.

The search for Egypt's new governing body is fraught with difficulties.

Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer on Egypt's political future and whether the nation will continue careen toward Islamist domination.

The Chechen separatist leader Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for last month's bombing at Moscow's main airport that killed 36 people.