Egyptian activists called for a huge turnout in protests on November 22 to put an end to rule by the military which also saw its authority challenged by the resignation of the civilian cabinet, casting uncertainty on elections due next week.

The US will name Iran, as well as its Central Bank, as a "primary money laundering concern", but will not place sanctions directly on the bank, a senior Treasury Department official has said.

A senior Iranian official has rejected as "preposterous" a resolution condemning the human rights situation in Iran, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly's rights committee on November 21.

The three most senior surviving commanders of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime masterminded one of the ‘worst horrors’ of the 20th century, killing or enslaving millions of Cambodians, according to a UN-backed war crimes trial in Phnom Penh.

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on November 20 called for actions against Iran to stop it from acquiring nuclear weapons, saying ‘the time had come’.

Spain's center-right opposition stormed to a crushing election victory on November 20 as voters punished the outgoing Socialist government for the worst economic crisis in generations.

New York police arrested a follower of late Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on suspicion of building a pipe bomb he planned to use against US soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, officials said on November 20.

Thousands of Egyptian protesters remain in Cairo's Tahrir Square after two days of clashes in which at least 13 people were killed and hundreds injured.

Libya's new leaders said on November 20 they will try Moammar Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam, in Libya and will not hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, where he is charged with crimes against humanity.

At least 14 people died and over 50 others suffered injuries when a major fire engulfed a congregation of eunuchs or trans-sexuals at a community center in an east Delhi locality on November 20, said local media reports.