Regional News

May 27, 2013

John Kerry shakes hands with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
10:08 GMT

US Secretary of State John Kerry told Mohamed Morsi to adopt political and economic reforms if Egypt wants US and international aid.

18 people have now died in Saudi Arabia from the SARS-related virus. Image for illustrative purposes only, from CBCnews.com
09:07 GMT

18 people in Saudi Arabia have died from a SARS-related respiratory virus, as the World Health Organisation seeks more information on the virus and how to prevent it.

A Bahraini MP has come forward to call for a Gulf Army as a prelude to a Gulf Union. Image courtesy of chinadaily.com
04:00 GMT

A Bahraini MP has come forward to call for a unified Gulf Army to help protect the region.

May 26, 2013

A view of the Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa mosque, otherwise known as Al Haram Al Sharif, taken from the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem
10:38 GMT

Secretary General of the Arab League General Nabil El Araby has urged the UN to take urgent steps to protect Al Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem

May 24, 2013

The World Economic Forum is set to kick off at the Dead Sea, Jordan, on Friday. Image courtesy of WEF.
04:00 GMT

The World Economic Forum will begin on Friday on the eastern shores of the Dead Sea in Jordan and will host international world leaders.

The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court
04:00 GMT

Three brothers from the UAE have been given the death penalty by an Abu Dhabi court for the murder of two Omani citizens in Al Ain

May 23, 2013

Fighters from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Image courtesy of publicintelligence.net and for illustrative purposes only
10:55 GMT

Eight men in Saudi Arabia have been convicted of working for Al Qaeda and sending the organisation information on officials in the Saudi government.

Morsi has called for unity in the face of a huge petition calling for his removal.
05:00 GMT

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi called for unity in Egypt, in the face of growing disillusion with his regime, which came to power in 2011 and a growing petition for his removal from office.

May 22, 2013

Egyptian police and soldiers who were seized in Sinai by kidnappers are seen upon their arrival at Almaza military Airbase in Cairo on May 22 (Khaled Desouki / AFP)
12:45 GMT

The seven members of the Egyptian security forces were released after negotiations with local tribesmen

Egyptian soldiers are deployed in the area of the Rafah Crossing border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on May 21 (STR / AFP)
08:21 GMT

The seven Egyptian security force members kidnapped last Thursday were released early on Wednesday morning

Saudi security forces (AFP)
03:00 GMT

Saudi officials announced on Tuesday that it had arrested 10 members of an alleged Iranian spy ring, including Saudi, Lebanese and Turkish citizens.

May 21, 2013

The five beheaded men were put on public display (Twitter / @Kamal070)
14:02 GMT

The five men were convicted of murder and committing a string of robberies across a number of towns in the the desert Kingdom

Coronavirus seen under an electron miscroscope (British Health Protection Agency/ AFP)
12:02 GMT

The Tunisian Health Ministry statement confirmed that a 66 year-old man has died from the coronavirus

May 20, 2013

Egyptian police hold signs denoting that the gates are closed and demanding the return of their colleagues, as they gather at the Egyptian crossing point into the Gaza Strip (Mohamed el-Shahed/ AFP)
10:40 GMT

The move could be a signal that the Morsi government is prepared to use force in a bid to return the captive soldiers

An unmanned drone carries out a touch go landing in the Atlantic (US Navy/AFP)
10:11 GMT

Two al-Qaeda suspects were killed in the bombing in central Yemen, which comes days after a similar strike was carried out in the south of the country, killing four