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Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:22 PM

A man carries a child rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed building in the Maysar neighbourhood of Aleppo December 28, 2013. The building collapsed after two air strikes in the neighbourhood by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday, activists said. REUTERS/Jalal Alhalabi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:16 PM

Students of Al-Azhar University, who are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed President Mohamed Mursi, throw stones and make the Rabaa four-fingered gesture (top L) during clashes with riot police and residents of the area at the Al-Azhar University campus in Cairo's Nasr City district December 28, 2013. One student was killed on Saturday and scores were arrested when supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with Egyptian police at the Cairo campus of Al-Azhar University, state media reported. The "Rabaa" four-fingered gesture is in reference to the police clearing of the Rabaa al-Adawiya protest camp on August 14. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:11 PM

Riot police officers walk in the foreground as students of Al-Azhar University, who are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, are seen on top of a building within the university's campus, which caught fire on Saturday, in Cairo December 28, 2013. One student was killed on Saturday and scores were arrested when supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with Egyptian police at the Cairo campus of Al-Azhar University, state media reported. Two college buildings caught fire in Saturday's violence. State TV broadcast footage of black smoke billowing from the faculty of commerce building and said "terrorist students" had set the agriculture faculty building on fire as well. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION)

Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:41 PM

Members of Shi'ite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, who support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, carry the coffin of a fighter draped with an Iraqi flag during a funeral in Najaf, 160 km (99 miles) south of Baghdad, December 28, 2013. The fighter was killed during clashes with the Free Syrian Army in Syria, according to the group. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT POLITICS)

Sat, 28 Dec 2013 16:43 PM

SYRIA-CRISIS/BOMBS:Syrian forces kill 25 in Aleppo barrel-bomb attack-activists

Sat, 28 Dec 2013 13:01 PM

South Sudan Vice President James Igga (C) announces to the media the recapture of Malakal town by government forces from the rebels, in the capital Juba December 28, 2013. South Sudan said on Friday it was ready for a ceasefire and would release eight of 11 senior politicians arrested over an alleged coup plot, raising hopes it was edging towards a deal to end ethnic-based fighting ravaging the world's newest nation. REUTERS/James Akena (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MEDIA)