Violence breaks out in Cairo, Egypt, outside Mohammed Morsi's presidential palace. NBC's Jim Maceda has more on the clashes and a possible constitutional compromise by the Egyptian government. (NewsNation)
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NBC's Richard Engel, who just left Syria after spending a week getting a first-hand look inside the country, says "it was radically different" than the last time he visited now that opposition groups have created safe havens where they are openly in control. In those areas, Syrian troops – who are now concentrated in pockets within big cities -- could not be seen for hundreds of miles. (Nightly News)
After protests erupted earlier this week, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin turned his anger on the United States, blaming Hillary Clinton in a war of words. NBC's Stephanie Gosk has more from Moscow. (Nightly News)
Pressure is mounting against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as opposition forces gather near the capital, including many defectors. Meanwhile, the U.N. placed sanctions on the country. NBC's Jim Maceda reports from Tripoli. (TODAY show)
Almost unimaginable until it happened, the fall of the city to opposition control leaves civic leaders with the tough task of defining a new set of rules. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports. (Nightly News)
Demonstrators in Egypt defied a ban on street protests for a third day on Thursday as Mohamed ElBaradei returned to join them in their continuing bid to change President Hosni Mubarak 's powerful ruling regime. ITV's John Ray reports. (Nightly News)
A Web site for Iran's opposition party states that Mir Hossein Mousavi's wife was beaten, along with other opposition leaders, during protests in Iran. NBC's Ali Arouzi reports from Tehran.
Jan. 29: Objections are growing over the Obama administration's plans to try suspected terrorists in lower Manhattan. NBC's Pete Williams reports.
Dec. 21: The death of Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the spiritual leader of the reform movement, has led to a huge funeral procession and reports of clashes with authorities. NBC's Ali Arouzi reports.