The majority of respondents in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen feel the level of corruption has risen in the past two years.
The U.S. is not prepared to label the Egyptian military’s overthrow of the government as a coup, a move that would determine if aid to the country would continue.
President Mohamed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood is urging Egyptians to rise up against the army.
Ousting an elected president by the military, without an election, is unquestionably undemocratic, say analysts.
The UAE pledged $3 billion in aid for Egypt in 2011 that has yet to be delivered.
A presidential spokesman has told reporters that Mohamed ElBaradei had not in fact been chosen as prime minister.
ElBaradei was among liberal leaders who opposed Mursi and called for massive protests.
Kuwait’s ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah congratulated Egypt’s interim president and people.
Adli Mansour, chief justice at Cairo’s constitutional court, will replace temporarily Mursi as head of state.
A look back at the past 12 months of Mohamed Morsi’s reign in power.
The men were being held in Torah prison on the outskirts of Cairo.
Saudi’s King Abdullah and the UAE government have sent congratulations to Adli Mansour, who had been appointed as interim head of state.
Islamist President Mohamed Mursi is toppled after a year in office as people protested against political upheaval and economic stagnation.
Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh urged Egypt’s opposing sides to meet to find a solution to the crisis.
Mursi is either expected to step down or be removed from office once the army deadline passes on Wednesday.
Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi have clashed with security forces in Cairo.
Eight men were sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison, 56 were jailed for 10 years and five for seven years.
The head of the armed forces gave president Mohamed Mursi 48 hours on Monday to end a crisis or face a solution imposed by the military.
The head of the armed forces set a 48-hour deadline on Monday for Mursi to agree on a common platform with liberal rivals.
Sunni Muslim Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia and Qatar have backed the rebels with arms and money in a fight to topple President Bashar al-Assad.
The European Union lifted restrictions on arming the rebels in May. Britain and France said they would not send weapons before August 1.
Medical and security sources said that at least eight people had been killed in the violence at the besieged building.
The top U.S. diplomat has met both Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Sheikh Hamad was replaced as prime minister and foreign minister in a cabinet reshuffle following the accession of 33-year-old Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani as emir.
The president blamed unspecified “enemies of Egypt” for sabotaging the democratic system.
In his first speech as head of state Sheikh Tamim said he would follow in the “path” of his father, architect of an assertive foreign policy.
This is the sixth assembly contest in seven years in the Gulf country.
Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani will step down after Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani handed power to his son.
The current minister of state for interior affairs, Sheikh Abdullah bin Naser al-Thani, will succeed the Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani.
Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal criticised Iran, Russia and Hezbollah for backing and arming Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.