EVERY day for nearly three weeks, tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Sofia, Varna, Burgas and other Bulgarian cities. In Sofia, the capital, the demonstrators meet at 6.30pm in Independence Square and then make their way past the parliament, the Eagles’ Bridge and the National Palace of Culture. They call for more transparency, less corruption, an effective fight against organised ...

At least 34 people have been killed in an attack outside the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Cairo, an Egyptian health ministry official says. Khaled el-Khatib said initial reports indicated 34 people were killed and 300 wounded in shooting outside the building in the early hours of Monday. Earlier, Egyptian military officials had said gunmen killed at least five supporters of the former president a ...

Opposition leader and former UN nuclear agency head named by interim president days after Mohamed Morsi was overthrown. ...

Nicolas Maduro offers "humanitarian asylum" to ex-US intelligence contractor who leaked surveillance programme details. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said he had decided to offer asylum to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden who is believed to be waiting in transit at a Moscow airport. ...

What's in a month? Thursday 4 July marks one calendar month since Kostas Sakkas – a 29-year-old anarchist arrested in Athens in December 2010 and held in prison without a trial since – started a hunger strike, demanding an end to his detention. According to Greek law, pre-trial detentions can extend to 18 months, or 30 in exceptional circumstances. On 4 June, having already reached his legal maximum time in ...

Army suspends constitution, appoints head of constitutional court as interim leader and calls for early elections. The Egyptian army has overthrown President Mohamed Morsi, announcing a roadmap for the country’s political future that will be implemented by a national reconciliation committee. ...

Portugal's political crisis has deepened with the resignation of foreign minister Paulo Portas, in a move which could trigger the collapse of the ruling coalition government. Mr Portas heads junior coalition party CDS-PP, which guarantees the government's parliamentary majority. ...

Protesters seeking to force Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi from office are gearing up for a second day of action, after large crowds thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country and marched on the presidential palace.  ...

US intelligence services are spying on the European Union mission in New York and its embassy in Washington, according to the latest top secret US National Security Agency documents leaked by the whistleblower Edward Snowden. One document lists 38 embassies and missions, describing them as "targets". It details an extraordinary range of spying methods used against each target, from bugs implanted in electro ...

Hundreds of thousands of people across Egypt have filled the streets to call for the departure of Mohamed Morsi, hours after the president told the Guardian he would not resign. On the first anniversary of his inauguration as the country's first democratically elected president, up to 200,000 protesters flocked to Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sunday to demand his removal, before heading to the presidential pal ...