Tuesday in a series of nationwide attacks. Iraq is in the midst of its most violent period since 2008.

Egypt Arrests Top Muslim Brotherhood Spokesperson

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Egypt’s military-backed interim government has arrested a top spokesperson for the Muslim Brotherhood in a continued crackdown on supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi. Gehad el-Haddad has been the Muslim Brotherhood’s leading English-language voice to the international media.

Brazilian President Cancels U.S. Trip over NSA Spying

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has cancelled an upcoming trip to the U.S. over revelations of spying by the National Security Agency. Rousseff was due to visit Washington next month and attend a state dinner in her honor at the White House. But on Tuesday, Brazil announced Rousseff has postponed her trip in response to leaks from Edward Snowden showing the United15%

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New figures show the U.S. poverty rate has gone unchanged since last year. The number of people living in poverty increased slightly to 46.5 million in 2012, with the poverty rate holding at 15 percent. The total includes 16.1 million children.

A federal judge has overturned the convictions of five New Orleans police officers for the shooting deaths of two civilians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and a subsequent cover-up. The charges were linked to the New Orleans police shootings on the Danziger Bridge that killed two civilians, 17-year-old James Brissette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison, and seriously wounded four others. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt ordered a new trial after ruling prosecutors had practiced "grostesque" misconduct in publishing anonymous critiques of the defendants and the New