Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered the arrests of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and eight senior officials in a probe over inciting violence, MENA state news agency reported. Badie was accused of calling for violence at Giza’s Nahda Square and the Republican Guard Headquarters in early July, at the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in late June, and at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in December of 2012. He was previously detained for questioning, but was released at least once since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi on July 3. Morsi is being investigated for spying, inciting the killings of protesters, and damaging the economy. Media agencies
Rouhani wins Iran's Presidential election Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need of a second round run-off.Interior minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on state television that Rouhani secured just over 50 percent of the ballot based on a 72 percent turnout of 50 million eligible voters. Mr Hassan Rouhani ... got the absolute majority of votes and was elected as president," Najjar said. Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, a hard-line conservative, lagged behind with about 16 percent of the votes. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, he too a hard-line conservative, earned 11 percent. The voter turnout was 72.7 percent. President-elect Hassan Rohani, sixty four years old, is known as a moderate conservative. He has been stressing the need to improve ties with Western nations, and is back...
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