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April 9, 2013

Tripoli continues to be a trouble hotspot in Lebanon as sectarian violence spills over from neighboring Syria.
07:43 GMT

Gunfire and hand grenades go off in Tripoli as the troubled area continues to face sectarian tensions.

UN Chief Ban Ki Moon has called for the chemical weapons inspectors to be sent in to Syria.
07:23 GMT

The government claims that the UN is simply clearing the way from an Iraq-style U.S. invasion by proposing the chemical weapons tests.

April 8, 2013

Damascus is rocked by a huge car bomb, which was followed by intense gunfire (AFP/ Louai Beshara)
12:05 GMT

State media reports that a suicide bomb attack rocked the capital

A man holds a CD with a photo of former Iraq President Saddam Hussein (AFP/Ahmad Al Rubaye)
09:32 GMT

The Iraqi government has revealed the controversial law will be subject to wide sweeping reform as the country reels from protests and violent attacks

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) gestures as he meets privately with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) in Ramallah. (RICHARDS/AFP)
09:12 GMT

The Palestinian president was quick to head over the border on Sunday night after discussing the peace process with the U.S. secretary of state.

A Syrian rebel fires toward a government held area in Aleppo (AFP Photo/ Dimitar Dilkoff)
07:34 GMT

Syria's embattled President has strategically moved more of his troops to defend the capital in response to rebel gains in the south

Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak
07:12 GMT

Egypt's prosecutor-general ordered the former President's detainment for at least 15 days whilst investigations into the charges are carried out

Lebanon's decision to go to war should remain within the state, the new PM said on Sunday
04:26 GMT

Lebanon's newly appointed Prime Minister-designate, Tammam Salam, said on Sunday the resistance against Israel was legitimate but the decision to go to war should remain in the hands of the state.

April 7, 2013

One protester died, with many injured,  outside Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo. (FIle photo)
20:17 GMT

One protester died on Sunday evening during protests outside Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo.

Al-Qaeda's leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
13:03 GMT

Ayman al-Zawahiri urges north African Muslims to join together in one state, while warning France about its intervention in Mali.

Ten years of conflict have left Sudan's Darfur region lacking in basic infrastructure. (AFP)
10:57 GMT

The Gulfi state is aiming to raise billions for reconstruction for the embattled region of Sudan but critics of the scheme say the security situation is still to perilous to begin development projects.

Iran's latest round of nuclear talks have ended in stalemate.
09:59 GMT

Following the nuclear talks in Almaty that ended in stalemate, a senior Israeli ministers asks that the international community give Iran an ultimatum to push them to compromise.

US Secretary of State talks to US Foreign Service workers during Turkey visit (AFP Photo/ Paul J. Richards)
09:44 GMT

US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Turkey on the first day of a 10 day regional tour

Anonymous hacking group (AFP Photo)
08:32 GMT

Anonymous hacking collective had promised to erase Israel from the internet this weekend

Clashes erupted in Cairo on the anniversary of the April 6 general strike (File Photo)
03:36 GMT

Police fired tear gas canisters in Cairo, at hundreds of protesters gathered there to mark the anniversary of a general strike that occurred in Mahalla in 2008.