Regional News

October 13, 2011

Mu'tasim
08:24 GMT

The spokesman for the Libyan military Tariq Zebo on Thursday confirmed the arrest of Mu'tasim the son of ousted leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

October 12, 2011

Copts
20:53 GMT

Egypt's military stressed on Wednesday that troops did not kill protesters in a clash that killed 25 people, most of them Coptic Christians.

October 10, 2011

Copts
14:58 GMT

The Coptic Church in Egypt on Monday urged followers to fast and pray for three days to mourn Christians killed in clashes with Muslims and security forces last night.

October 9, 2011

Egypt
21:00 GMT

Egyptian Health Ministry sources said at least 19 people have been killed and more than 150 wounded

October 8, 2011

Saleh
16:42 GMT

Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he would leave power in the coming days.

October 7, 2011

Tawakkul Karman
16:20 GMT

Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman was named Friday as one of three winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Gaddafi
13:02 GMT

Ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday said leaders of the developing world who recognized Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) would suffer a similar fate

October 6, 2011

Yemen
14:32 GMT

New clashes erupted Wednesday night between government forces and gunmen loyal to opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq Al Ahmar in Sanaa

Algeria
08:04 GMT

Algerian police on Wednesday arrested 17 people as they prepared to hold a rally marking bloody pro-democracy protests of 1988

October 5, 2011

Tantawi
14:40 GMT

Egypt's military ruler said on Wednesday that the army would not present a candidate in the upcoming presidential election.

October 4, 2011

Yemen
16:11 GMT

Local sources said that 10 armed men were killed in an air strike in the southern Yemeni Abyan province

October 2, 2011

Yemen troops
12:26 GMT

At least 30 Yemeni government soldiers have been killed in a friendly fire incident and clashes with gunmen linked to Al-Qaeda in south Yemenز

October 1, 2011

Tahrir
14:22 GMT

Scuffles and stone-throwing reported in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday

September 29, 2011

Saleh
08:21 GMT

The Yemeni president last week unexpectedly returned home from Saudi Arabia, sparking protests and bloodshed.

September 28, 2011

Yemen
17:29 GMT

Tribesmen fighting soldiers loyal to Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh shot down Wednesday an army fighter jet.