Regional News

January 25, 2011

Protest in Cairo
16:25 GMT

News sources reported that a number of people were injured during violent clashes Tuesday between protesters and Egyptian security forces

January 24, 2011

Saleh
21:37 GMT

The main opposition groups in Yemen on Monday announced a campaign to oust president Ali Saleh

Protest
15:49 GMT

The popular unrest in Tunisia continues.

January 23, 2011

Tunisian protest
21:14 GMT

Hundreds of Tunisians gathered in front of Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi's office Sunday .

King Abdullah II
19:14 GMT

Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday held a series of consultations with representatives of various political forces in the kingdom to learn more about the demands of the Jordanian people.

January 22, 2011

Riots in Algeria
12:18 GMT

Algerian police clashed with pro-democracy demonstrators in the Algerian capital on Saturday leaving several people wounded.

Mohammed Ghannouchi
05:53 GMT

Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi promised late Friday to organize the country's first democratic election since independence from France in 1956.

January 20, 2011

Samir Rifai
20:05 GMT

Jordan’s prime minister on Thursday said he decided to expand subsidies for fuel and staple products and raising salaries for civil servants.

Clashes in Yemen
12:08 GMT

At least seven people were injured in a second night of clashes and gun-battles between the Yemeni army and protesters in the southern port city of Aden.

Tunisia
07:43 GMT

The Tunisian Prime Minister of the Interim Government Mohamed Ghannouchi has turned down a request from ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to return to the country.

January 19, 2011

Tunisian protest
15:23 GMT

The first meeting of the new Tunisian interim government, led by Mohamed Ghannouchi was postponed to Thursday as popular protests against the new line-up continue.

Rocket attack
07:47 GMT

Yuval Diskin, head of the Israeli internal security agency (Shabak), conveyed that groups affiliated to al Qaeda were behind the firing of rocketsز

January 18, 2011

Tunisia
16:05 GMT

Three ministers on Tuesday stepped down from the new Tunisian interim government.

Tunisia
07:26 GMT

Presidential Guard chief plotted a coup

January 17, 2011

Tunisia in crisis
18:02 GMT

Tunisia announced Monday a transitional unity government which will prepare for elections and immediately announced the release of political prisoners and new media freedoms.