Regional News
February 25, 2013
President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi visits the restive South in a show of strength following al-Qaeda raids and southern separatists attempts at secession.
February 24, 2013
An Austrian man, kidnapped in Yemen late last year with a Finnish couple, said in a video posted online that his captors will kill him in a week if their demands are not met.
Having previously announced April 27 as the beginning of the process, the Egyptian president moves the start date forward by five days.
Thousands of protestors take to the streets of the capital on Saturday to demand that the new prime minister steps down.
February 23, 2013
The Egyptian president announces the date of the parliamentary elections, set to begin in April and take the form of four separate stages.
February 22, 2013
The embattled president names his new prime minister as Ali Larayedh, the former interior minister for the Ennahda party.
On the anniversary of the ousting of former dictator, Ali Abdullah Saleh, protestors clash with police in the South.
February 21, 2013
According to documents obtained by Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, the Libyan strongman was trying to recruit militants to carry out the attacks in the desert Kingdom.
February 20, 2013
Former Mubarak-era PM Ahmed Shafiq and his daughters have been referred to trial for embezzling public funds.
A session of the Bahraini parliament was suspended on Tuesday when a rowdy argument between MPs erupted over last week's political turmoil and protests.
Members of the Saudi Shura Council, including 30 women for the first time in history, were sworn in on Tuesday in the presence of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz.
Unrest in Egypt continued in several governorates on Tuesday, as calls for civil disobedience escalated in canal governorates and spread to the governorate of Kafr El-Sheikh.
Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned on Tuesday a day after announcing the failure of his initiative to form a government of technocrats.
February 19, 2013
Lawmakers in the joint parliamentary committees discussing electoral drafts approve the controversial Orthodox Gathering proposal following a walk-out by MPs from the Future Movement and Progressive Socialist Party.
Seven people are reported dead in Yemen after a military plane crashed into a built-up area near Change Square in Sana'a.
