Lawyers

• Egypt locks up lawyers in Islamist fight

  As Egypt cracks down on its Islamist dissidents, many of the country's lawyers are finding themselves on the wrong side of the law as well. Attorney Mohsen al-Bahnasy says so many fellow lawyers have been arrested or charged in recent months that he now spends much of his time defending them in court.

• Egypt court sentences Mursi, Brotherhood leaders to death

  An Egyptian court sentenced deposed President Mohamed Mursi to death on Tuesday on charges of killing, kidnapping and other offences during a 2011 mass jail break.

• African troops' morale 'sky high' as they push back Boko Haram

  "Boko Haram is finished" shouted a jubilant soldier from Niger as his comrades danced and waved their rifles in the air to celebrate the liberation of the northern Nigerian town of Damasak.

• Defiant Danes march after gunman attacks Copenhagen

  Tens of thousands of Danes gathered at torch-lit memorials around the country on Monday, commemorating victims of deadly attacks on a synagogue and an event promoting free speech that shocked a nation proud of its record of safety and openness.

• Egypt confirms jail terms for leading liberal activists

  An Egyptian court upheld three-year jail sentences on Tuesday for three prominent liberal activists, judicial sources said, after days of violence around the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

• Libyan rival parliament suspends U.N.-sponsored peace talks

  A parliament set up in Libya to rival the elected assembly has suspended U.N.-sponsored peace talks because of what it called fresh violence from the country's recognized government, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

• Struggle over Libya's oil risks breaking up country: rival PM

  Libya's self-proclaimed prime minister has warned that attempts by a rival government in the east to assert control over the oil industry could escalate the political conflict dividing the OPEC member state and force it to break in two.

• Bangladesh Islamist leader sentenced to death for war crimes

  A Bangladesh war crimes court convicted an Islamist party leader on Sunday of atrocities during the country's war of independence from Pakistan more than four decades ago and sentenced him to death

• Terror Attack in London: The Origin of Meat-Cleaver Islamists is Nigerian; UK Authorities Knew of Them (Video)

  The origin of the terror suspects were known to security services, and that the two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London was revenge for wars in Muslim countries. They are believed to be British of Nigerian descent, a source said. One of the two suspects is British-born Michael Adelboalajo. Police raided homes of relatives, near the town, and both men reportedly converted to Islam from Christianity.