Regional News
February 12, 2013
Egyptian police fired a water cannon at stone-throwing protesters outside the presidential palace on Monday as the opposition held rallies to mark the second anniversary of Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow.
Tens of thousands of Yemenis have thronged in the capital, Sana’a, to commemorate the second anniversary of their revolution.
Tunisian President Moncef Mazrouki's secular party on Monday reversed its decision to withdraw from the Islamist-led government, an official said.
Iran and Hezbollah are trying to build a network of militias inside Syria to protect their interests there in case President Bashar Assad falls.
February 11, 2013
Islamist militants in Somalia are receiving arms from smuggling networks in Yemen and Iran, which may have operated through the African Union peacekeeping force.
Workers at the state-owned company went on strike in 2006 and 2008, partly setting the stage for the January 2011 revolution.
February 10, 2013
Bahrain has opened a new round of dialogue between opposition and pro-regime groups aimed at solving the two-year-old political crisis.
Protests against the detention of political prisoners in Saudi Arabia led to a number of arrests on Saturday.
As the crisis threatens to spiral out of control, the prime minister pledges to form his new technocratic government by the middle of next week.
A court orders the Egyptian government to ban all websites that published the controversial anti-Islam film for a period of one month, including the popular video sharing portal, YouTube.
February 9, 2013
Fifty other people are left injured when police attack protestors outside the presidential palace.
February 8, 2013
The country is left is turmoil after one Tunisia's leading opposition politicians is shot down outside his home.
February 7, 2013
The decision follows the assassination of opposition figure and key government critic, Chokri Belaid, which has sparked mass protests.
February 6, 2013
The leading critic of the Islamist-led government in Tunisia was shot dead outside his home in Tunis on Wednesday.
February 5, 2013
Survivors of a smash that killed their colleagues have described how their journey to work on Monday morning ended in horror.
