Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi to face former prime minister under Mubarak's regime Ahmed Shafiq in a run-off for Egypt's presidential elections
Bahraini prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been released on bail while opposition activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja ends his 110-day long hunger strike
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for foreign intervention in Syria, while Russia and China blame both sides in conflict for massacre in Houla.
UN special envoy Kofi Annan to meet Syrian President Bashar-al Assad in attempt to salvage peace plan after 49 children and 34 women left dead in Houla carnage.
Anonymous takes offline the website of the UK's Department for Culture in protest against corrpution within the Leveson Inquiry
Vatican Gendarmerie detain whistleblower who leaked internal documents to the media, bringing shame on the Holy See.
Head of Vatican Bank Ettore Gotti Tedeschi dismissed after receiving no-confidence vote from board.
One police officer killed in unprecedented suicide bomb attack in central Turkish province of Kayseri, PKK accused.
Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange has donned a Guy Fawkes' Anonymous mask in what he claims to be his "last public appearance" at event in London.
Armed forces press ahead with offensive to regain extremist strongholds.
Zainab al-Khawaja, daughter of human rights activist and hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, sentenced to one month in prison in Manama
Nigerian officials dismiss US plans to include Boko Haram on its watch list of foreign terrorist organisations.
State Department hacks al-Qaida website in Yemen, changing messages about killing Americans into pro-American propaganda.
Opposition leaders Sergei Udaltsov and Alexi Navlny freed after serving 15-day prison sentences for roles in anti-Putin inauguration rally.
Largest package of military aid to Israel to be discussed at US Senate Committee
Injuring or even killing animal poachers in India's state of Maharashtra will no longer be a crime.
Secret Service boss rejects accusations that his officers' involvement in a prostitution scandal in Colombia has put President Obama's life in danger.
'Snitch' hacker Adrian Lamo, who turned in Wikileaks source Bradley Manning, warns of over-hyping the Anonymous threat and criticise role of media in depicting the collective.
Bahraini hunger striker al-Khawaja attends court in a wheelchair and reveals details of his torture by authorities.
Egypt's ex-intelligence chief Omar Suleiman warns of a military coup against any Muslim Brotherhood regime.
Topless Femen activists seize football trophy of Euro 2012 to protest against prostitution in former Soviet Republic
Anonymous attacks US Justice Department website and dumps 1.7 gigabytes of data on The Pirate Bay file-sharing site.
Unemployed Italian father threw his two young children from his balcony before jumping to his death in Brescia.
Obama's plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by end of 2014 threatened by rift with Pakistan and possibly scuppered by France's new president, Francois Hollande
Suicide bomber kills at least 96 soldiers during rehearsal for military parade in Sanaa, Yemen.
Fears that Syrian crisis has contaminated Lebanon as clashes in Beirut between pro- and anti-Assad groups leave three dead
Anonymous hacking collective joins anti-Nato protests and takes Chicago government websites offline.
Anonymous launches DDoS attacks on websites belonging to information office of federal government of Germany and city of Frankfurt to retaliate against police breaking up Blockupy protest camp.
Turkish residents claim dead bee-eater is Israeli secret service agent.
Crowded night bus plunges off bridge into river in central Vietnam, killing 34 passengers and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents.